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
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 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[]

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[]

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

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[1] "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Russian Insects

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