Melitaea_arcesia

<i>Melitaea arcesia</i>

Melitaea arcesia

Species of butterfly

Melitaea arcesia, the blackvein fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Siberia and Transbaikalia to the Amur region, Mongolia and China.[2] The habitat consists of steppe-clad slopes.

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Adults are on wing from June to August.

Subspecies

  • Melitaea arcesia arcesia (Transbaikalia)
  • Melitaea arcesia minor Elwes, 1899 (Altai)
  • Melitaea arcesia chuana Grum-Grshimailo, 1893
  • Melitaea arcesia sikkimensis Moore, 1901 (India)
  • Melitaea arcesia carmana Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Sayan)
  • Melitaea arcesia rucephala Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Tian Shan Mountains)

References

  1. [1]
    "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. [2]
    Russian Insects


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