LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • LASIOMMATA Westwood, 1849

    
    

    • Lasiommata menava Moore, 1865

Lasiommata menava Moore, 1865

· TYPE LOCALITY. "Middle Kunawur, villages Pangi and Rarung" [NW. Himalaya].

· RANGE. From Asia Minor across Transcaucasia and the mountains of Middle Asia to the Hindu Kush and the NW. Himalaya.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh - ssp. nasshreddini Christoph, 1877; Middle Asian mountains to Tarbagatai and Saur - the nominate subspecies.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe habitats with rocky ridges and stony slopes at 800-3,500 m a.s.l. Flight period: May-October in one, two or three generations depending on the altitude.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. L. maera: ground colour darker, UNF discal spot faint. L. adrastoides: ground colour darker, UPF with ochreous-yellow spots in both sexes. L. petropolitana: ground colour darker, UPF with a distinctive fine broken line.

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