LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • ARGYNNIS Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Argynnis ruslana Motschulsky, 1866

Argynnis ruslana Motschulsky, 1866

• TYPE LOCALITY. «...fleuve Amour depuis la Schilka jusqu'a Nikolaevsk» [Amur region].

• RANGE. Amur and Ussuri regions; China, Korea, Japan.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Amur and Ussuri regions are populated by the nominotypical subspecies. In Japan, the ssp. lysippe Janson, 1877 is known to occur, to which specimens from the Kuriles are very close.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Open deciduous or mixed forest up to 600 m a.s.l. Additional feeding usually on Sorbaria sorbifolia. Flight period: July to August. Host plant in Japan (Fukuda et al., 1984): Viola.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Argynnis saganci (males): androconial scales present on four veins of UPF. A. laodice: androconial scales present on two veins of UPF; apex of FW not extended, rounded.

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