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LEPIDOPTERA

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Nord Japan [Nord Hondo]; Sapporo".

• RANGE. Japan, Sakhalin.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Distributed all over Sakhalin, in the south Hying together with P. dulcinea. The subspecific status of the Sakhalin population is being studied, the nominate subspecies flying in Japan

• TAXONOMIC NOTES. The taxon tomariana from the S. Kuriles may prove conspecific with this species.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Preferring forest landscapes. Flight period: April-September in two generations.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. P. dulcinea, melete: larger, UPS apical dusting and discal spots more developed; UNS black dusting along veins fainter.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997