LEPIDOPTERA

• H E S P E R I I D A E Latreille, 1809

  • ERYNNIS Schrenck, 1801

    
    

    • Erynnis popoviana (Nordmann, 1851)

Erynnis popoviana (Nordmann, 1851)

• TYPE LOCALITY : "Umgegend von Kjachta" [Kyakhta, Transbaikalia].

• SYNONYMS: sinina Grum-Grshimailo, 1891.

• RANGE. Mongolia, N., central and E. China to the Ussuri region.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. S. Transbaikalia, the S. Amur and S. Ussuri regions.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Meadows and steppe habitats in river valleys. Flight period: end of May to July.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. E. tages: FW broader and less strongly pointed, UPS darker and duller, HW discal and postdiscal spots faint and diffuse.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997