LEPIDOPTERA

• N Y M P H A L I D A E Swainson, 1827

  • BOLORIA Moore, 1900

    
    

    • Boloria altaica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893)

Boloria altaica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893)

• TYPE LOCALITY. «In montibus Altaicus (fluv. Kara-kaba)» [Kara-Kaba Valley, Altais, Russia].

• RANGE. From Tarbagatai Mts. to S. Transbaikalia. E. Yakutia; Mongolia.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The southern part of the distribution area is inhabited by the nominotypical subspecies; from the Gornaya Shoriya, NE. Altais, the ssp. pustagi Korshunov et Ivonin, 1995 has been described; and in E. Yakutia, the ssp. uinokurovi Dubatolov, 1992 is known to occur.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Wet mountain meadows and/or tundra up to 2,800 m a.s.l. Flight period; June to August.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Boloria frigidalis: ground colour UNS darker, brick-reddish or, sometimes, brownish hue. B. banghaasi: smaller; ground colour of UPS brighter, ochre-red: black marking well-developed: discal band of UNH distinct. B. purpiirea: UNS with reddish suffusion; wings more angular; spot between veins Cu^-Cug not separated from the cell.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 2. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 2000