LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • MELITAEA Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Melitaea scotosia Butler, 187

Melitaea scotosia Butler, 187

• TYPE LOCALITY. Tokyo, Japan.

• SYNONYMS: yagei Nire, 1917; parascotosia Collier, 1933; butleri Higgins, 1940; weiwueria Huang et Murayama, 1992.

• RANGE. From NE. China to Korea and the Ussuri region and Japan.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. This taxon being extremely variable, all described forms seem to represent infrasubspecific categories.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Occurring locally over dry meadows in June to July.

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