Melitaea didymoides

Melitaea didymoides

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. didymoides
Binomial name
*Melitaea didymoides* Eversmann, 1847^[1]
Synonyms
Melitaea sibirica Staudinger, 1861 (nomen nudum) Melitaea sibirica [Heyne], [1893] (preocc.) Melitaea mandschurica Seitz, [1909] (preocc.) Melitaea seitzi Matsumura, 1929 Melitaea mandschukoana Bryk, 1940 Melitaea cansicola Bryk, 1940

Melitaea didymoides is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. 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

Melitaea didymoides didymoides (southern Tuva, Transbaikalia, Amur)
Melitaea didymoides yagakuana Matsumura, 1927 (southern Ussuri)
Melitaea didymoides pekinensis Seitz, [1909] (northern China)
Melitaea didymoides latonia Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (central China)
Melitaea didymoides eupatides Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Gansu)
Melitaea didymoides hummeli Bryk, 1940 (southern Mongolia)

References

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