Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Triphysa | |
Similar Pseudochazara euxina, Proterebia afra, Tomares nogelii, Satanas gigas, Anadrymadusa retowskii | ||
Triphysa phryne (Siberian brown) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Ukraine to the Altai. The habitat consists of steppe and semi-deserts.
The wingspan is 30–38 mm. Adults are on wing from April or May to July or from June to July in the mountains.
The larvae feed on Stipa species. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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