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.

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