LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • HIPPARCHIA Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Hipparchia autonoe (Esper, 1783)

Hipparchia autonoe (Esper, 1783)

· TYPE LOCALITY. Unknown.

· RANGE. From SE. Europe and the N. Caucasus across S. Siberia to the Amur region, N. China and Korea.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominate subspecies (= antoninae Krulikov-sky, 1903) flies in the SE. European part and in the Caucasus Major. Although the subspecific differences are slight, at present two other subspecies are recognized: ssp. orchomenus (Fruhstorfer, 1911) - N. and Inner Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Tarbagatai, the Saur Mts.; ssp. sibirica (Staudinger, 1861) - the Altai, S. Siberia, Transbaikalia, the Amur region.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe and semi-desert habitats in mountains and at foothills, dry steppes in valleys and subalpine meadows up to 3,000 m a.s.l. (Tian-Shan). Flight period: June-August. Host plant (Gorbunov, Korshunov, 1995): Poa. Larvae hibernating.

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