LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • MELITAEA Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Melitaea ludmilla Churkin, Kolesnichenko et Tuzov, 2000

Melitaea ludmilla Churkin, Kolesnichenko et Tuzov, 2000

• TYPE LOCALITY. «N. Tian-Shan, Kirghizsky Mts., Alamedin River, 3,000-3,200 m».

• RANGE. W. and N. Tian-Shan.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominotyp-ical subspecies occurs in the Kirghizsky Mts.; in the W. Tian-Shan, the ssp. serene Churkin, Kolesnichenko and Tuzov, 2000 is known to occur.

• HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry alpine stony grasslands at about 2,500-3,300 m a.s.l. Flight period: June to July.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Melitaea sultanensis: genitalia different. M. pallas, M. minerva: inner part of median band on UNH whitish. M. solona: discal cell on UPH with a black oval spot in the center, external part of median band on UNH whitish; genitalia different.

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