Euphydryas sibirica

Euphydryas sibirica
Euphydryas sibirica davidi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphydryas
Species:	E. sibirica
Binomial name
Euphydryas sibirica (Staudinger, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
Euphydryas mandschurica (Staudinger, 1892) (preocc.) Euphydryas tjutjujensis Higgins, 1950 Melitaea artemis var. davidi Oberthür, 1881 Euphydryas koreana (Collier, 1933) Euphydryas discalis (Bryk, 1946)

Euphydryas sibirica is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Asia, where it is found in steppe or steppe-like meadows.^[2]

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae of subspecies eothena feed on Scabiosa lachnophylla.

• Euphydryas sibirica sibirica (Transbaikalia)
• Euphydryas sibirica eothena (Röber, 1926) (Amur, Ussuri)
• Euphydryas sibirica davidi (Oberthür, 1881) (northern China, Tuva, Mongolia) - David's checkerspot
• Euphydryas sibirica tenebricosa (Bang-Haas, 1927) (China: Gansu)
• Euphydryas sibirica phyllis Hemming, 1941 (North Korea)

E. sibirica is in the subgenus Eurodryas The clade members are:

• Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Euphydryas provincialis (Boisduval, 1828)
• Euphydryas orientalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
• Euphydryas asiatica (Staudinger, 1881)
• Euphydryas sibirica (Staudinger, 1871)
• Euphydryas laeta (Christoph, 1893)
• Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)

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