LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • CLOSSIANA Reuss, 1920

    
    

    • Clossiana butleri (Edwards, 1883)

Clossiana butleri (Edwards, 1883)

• TYPE LOCALITY. «Cape Thompson, Kotzebue Sound, W. Alaska».

• RANGE. Chukotka, Wrangel Island, ?Kamchatka, Polar N. America.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Only the nominotypical subspecies is known.

• TAXONOMIC NOTES. The specific attribution of material from Kamchatka requires further work. Similarly, the relationships between C. butleri and C. chariclea in Chukot Peninsula and adjacent parts also need precision, as transitional forms are known ro occur from near Uelen and Dezhnevskie Sopki.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Lowland tundra. Flight period: June to August. Host plants: probably Salix species.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Clossiana chariclea: a silvery spot in the middle of discal band of UNH short, often densely dusted with yellowish, genitalia different. C. polaris, C.freya: marginal white spots of UNH arrow-like.

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