Melitaea didymoides

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Melitaea didymoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. didymoides
Binomial name
Melitaea didymoides
Eversmann, 1847 [1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea sibiricaStaudinger, 1861 ( nomen nudum )
  • Melitaea sibirica[Heyne], [1893] (preocc.)
  • Melitaea mandschuricaSeitz, [1909] (preocc.)
  • Melitaea seitziMatsumura, 1929
  • Melitaea mandschukoanaBryk, 1940
  • Melitaea cansicolaBryk, 1940

Melitaea didymoides is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Russia (Transbaikalia to the Amur and Ussuri regions) as well as in Mongolia and China. [2] The habitat consists of dry meadows and xerothermic slopes with thin vegetation.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

Subspecies

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References

  1. "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Russian Insects