Melitaea protomedia

Short description: Species of butterfly

Melitaea protomedia

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Melitaea
Species:  |

M. protomedia

Binomial name
Melitaea protomedia

(Ménétriés, 1859)[1]

Synonyms

* Melitaea protomedia f. argentea Fixsen, 1887

Melitaea protomedia is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Amur River basin in Russia and from central and eastern China to Korea and Japan.[2] The habitat consists of flowering meadows, forest edges and clearings.

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Veronica species.

## Subspecies

* Melitaea protomedia protomedia (Russia)
* Melitaea protomedia regama Fruhstorfer, 1915 (China to Korea and Japan)

## References

1. ↑ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ↑ "Nymphalidae, Melitaea protomedia Menetries, 1858". http://rusinsects.com/nymph/n-m-proto.htm.

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