Melitaea protomedia
| Melitaea protomedia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Melitaea |
| Species: | M. protomedia |
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| Melitaea protomedia (Ménétriés, 1859)[1] | |
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Melitaea protomedia is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Amur River basin in Russia and from central and eastern China to Korea and Japan.[2] The habitat consists of flowering meadows, forest edges and clearings.
Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Veronica species.
Subspecies
- Melitaea protomedia protomedia (Russia)
- Melitaea protomedia regama Fruhstorfer, 1915 (China to Korea and Japan)
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