Euphydryas intermedia

Euphydryas intermedia is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Alps, Middle and South Ural, in the taiga zone and the West Siberian Lowland, South Siberia and the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, Mongolia, Northeast China, North Korea) that belongs to the browns family. It occurs up to 2200 m above sea level.[2]

Euphydryas intermedia
E. i. wolfensbergeri (Frey, 1880) and E. i. mongolica (Staudinger, 1892) 65a, b
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euphydryas
Species:
E. intermedia
Binomial name
Euphydryas intermedia

Description

Similar to Euphydryas maturna. The forewing length is 17–23 mm. The wing upperside ground colour varies from brick-red to light yellowish-orange.The hind wing postdiscal band contains minute black dots.The hind wing underside outer margin is fulvous.

Biology

The larva feeds on Veronica, Lonicera, Thalictrum and Salicaceae.Flies from mid June to late July.

Taxonomy

Synonym of Euphydryas ichnea (Boisduval, [1833])

  • E. i. ichnea South Siberia, Transbaikalia,Russian Far East, Amur, Ussuri
  • E. i. mongolica (Staudinger, 1892) Sayan
  • E. i. altaiana (Wnukowsky, 1929) Altai
  • E. i. konumensis (Matsumura, 1927) Sakhalin
  • E. i. wolfensbergeri (Frey, 1880) Alps (Maritime Alps)
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See also

References
  1. Ménétriés, 1859 Lépidoptères de la Sibérie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour in Schrenck, Reise Forschungen Amur-Lande 2 (1) : 1-75, pl. 1-5
  2. Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia by Y.P. Korshunov and P.Y. Gorbunov


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