LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • POLYGONIA Hubner, [1818]

    
    

    • Polygonia interposita (Staudinger, 1881)

Polygonia interposita (Staudinger, 1881)

• TYPE LOCALITY. «AlaTau» [Dzhungarsky Alatau, E. Kazakhstan]. . RANGE. From Ghissar to Altai and NW. China, Himalaya.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominotypical subspecies (= chitralica Evans, 1932) Hying in the Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau and Altai mountains as well. The taxon tibetana Elwes, 1888 from NW. China seems to actually belong to this species.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Flying in gorges and over slopes up to 2,500 m a.s.l. Flight period: March to October, in two generations.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Polygonia c-album, P. egea: cuts of wings sharpened.

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