LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • BOLORIA Moore, 1900

    
    

    • Boloria sipora (Moore, [1875])

Boloria sipora (Moore, [1875])

• TYPE LOCALITY. «Kashmere, near Gungabul Lake, at foot of Haramook Peak» [N. India].

• RANGE. Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan; W. Himalaya.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominotypical subspecies (= hunzaica Tytler, 1940) is known from the E. Pamirs: the other parts of the range over the territories concerned are inhabited by the ssp. generator (Staudinger, 1886).

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Wet meadows at 2.500-4,500 m a.s.l. Flight period: July to August.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Clossiana hegemone: marking of UNS contrasting, with distinct mother-of-pearl spots; ground colour of UPS ochreous or yellowish, black marking well-developed; HW rounded.

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