Melitaea protomedia
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Melitaea |
Species: | M. protomedia |
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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
[edit]- Melitaea protomedia protomedia (Russia)
- Melitaea protomedia regama Fruhstorfer, 1915 (China to Korea and Japan)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melitaea protomedia.
- ^ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Nymphalidae, Melitaea protomedia Menetries, 1858". rusinsects.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.