LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • KIRINIA Moore, 1893

    
    

    • Kirinia epaminondas (Staudinger, 1887)

Kirinia epaminondas (Staudinger, 1887)

· TYPE LOCALITY. "Raddeevka" [Radde, S. Amur region].

· RANGE. The Amur region and E. China to Korea and Japan.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The E. Amur and Ussuri regions, represented by the nominate subspecies.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Dry thin forests and shrubby habitats; flight period: July-August. Host plants in Japan: Poa ochotensis, P. angustifolia, Brachypodium etc. (Fukuda et al., 1983).

· SIMILAR SPECIES. K. epimenides: UPS ground colour of male dark grey; UNF dark basal band within the cell strongly curved and its lower end directed to the base of the wing.

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