LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • LIMENITIS Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Limenitis homeyeri Tancre, 1881

Limenitis homeyeri Tancre, 1881

•TYPE LOCALITY. «Blagoweschtschensk; Raddefskaja» [Blagoveshchensk and Radde, Amur region].

•RANGE. Amur and Ussuri regions; central and NE. China, Korea.

•HABITATS AND BIOLOGY Mixed and/or montane (from 700 to 1,000 m a.s.l.) forests. Flight period: June to August.

•SIMILAR SPECIES. Limenitis amphyssa: spot in central cell short and curved, not extending toward base of vein. L. doerriesi: with red dust on transverse vein on UPF. Limenitis helmanm: two black spots on UNH at base significant; a wide blue-white area at base present. L. Camilla, L. moltrechti: with one white spot in central cell of UPF.

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