LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • CLOSSIANA Reuss, 1920

    
    

    • Clossiana chariclea (Schneider, 1794)

Clossiana chariclea (Schneider, 1794)

• TYPE LOCALITY. Lapland.

• RANGE. Polar tundra of the Palaearctic Region from Fennoscandia to Wrangel Island and Chukotka.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The European part of the range is populated by the nominotypical subspecies, but the Asian part by the ssp. arctica (Zetterstedt, 1839) (= tshuktsha Dubatolov et Korshunov, 1998).

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Rocks and bushes, lowland or mountain tundra up to 1,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: June to August. Host plants in Lapland (Henriksen & Kreutzer, 1982): Cassiope tetragona; in N. America (Scott, 1986): Dry as integnfolia, Salix arctica, S. reticulata.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Clossiana butleri: a silvery spot in the middle of discal band of UNH bright and strongly elongate, genitalia different. C. polaris, C.jreya: marginal white spots of UNH bright, arrow-like.

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