LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • NEPTIS Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Neptis philyra Menetries, 1859

Neptis philyra Menetries, 1859

•TYPE LOCALITY. «...environs de Marienpost» [Amur region, Russia].

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

•HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Broadleaved or mixed forests. Flight period: June to August. Host plants in Japan (Fukuda et al., 1984): Acerjaponicum and Carpinus cordata; in the Ussuri region (Dantchenko & Nikolaevsky, in press): UlmusJaponica.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Neptis philyroides: with two small spots on costa before the cell.

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