LEPIDOPTERA

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

  • NEPTIS Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Neptis philyroides Staudinger, 1887

Neptis philyroides Staudinger, 1887

• TYPE LOCALITY. «Raddeefka» [Radde, Amur region, Russia].

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

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Open places in oak or mixed forests and on bush-clad slopes of mountains. Flight period: June to August. Host plant (Dantchenko & Nikolaevsky. in press): Corylus heterophyllus.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Neptis philyra: without spots on costa before the cell.

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