Melitaea protomedia

Melitaea protomedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. protomedia
Binomial name
	Melitaea protomedia; (Ménétriés, 1859)
Synonyms
	Melitaea protomedia f. argentea Fixsen, 1887;

Melitaea protomedia is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 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)

References[]

^ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Nymphalidae, Melitaea protomedia Menetries, 1858". rusinsects.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.

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

[2] "Nymphalidae, Melitaea protomedia Menetries, 1858". rusinsects.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.

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