LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • LIMENITIS Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Limenitis moltrechti Kardakov, 1928

Limenitis moltrechti Kardakov, 1928

• TYPE LOCALITY.«Narva» [Narva Bay, Ussuri region, Russia].

• SYNONYM: takamukuana Matsumura, 1931.

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

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Occurring locally in open landscapes in the zone of mountain mixed forests. Flight period: from mid-July to mid-August. Host plants (Kurentzov, 1970; Dantchenko & Nikolaevsky, in press): Lonicera praeflorens, L. chrysantha.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Limenitis amphyssa, L. doerriesi, L. helmanni, L. homeyeri: with two white spots in central cell of UPF. L. Camilla: with two rows of black submargin­al spots on UNH.

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