Euphydryas sibirica

Species of butterfly

Euphydryas sibirica

Euphydryas sibirica davidi
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Nymphalidae

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Euphydryas

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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.

## Subspecies[edit]

* 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)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Euphydryas Scudder, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Russian Insects

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5410729
* BioLib: 701502
* GBIF: 8978195
* iNaturalist: 632998
* NCBI: 1759324

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