LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • BOLORIA Moore, 1900

    
    

    • Boloria purpurea Churkin, 1999

Boloria purpurea Churkin, 1999

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Russia, Buryatia, Barguzin Mts., Nesterikha River, Kedrovoe Lake, 1900-2000 m».

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Known from the type locality only.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Grassy tundra bog with shrubs. Flight period: July. The type series was collected at the same time when Issoria eugenia (Eversmann, 1847) and Erebia callias Edwards, 1871 flew in other parts of the tundra bog.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Boloria altaica: underside with yellowish or greenish suffusion; wings not so angular; spot between veins Cu^-Cu^ clearly separated from the cell; colour of UPS in females not extensively purple.

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