Clossiana chariclea

Clossiana chariclea
Clossiana chariclea in Seitz 68 c
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Clossiana
Species: C. chariclea
Binomial name
Clossiana chariclea
(Schneider, 1794) [1]

Clossiana chariclea is a butterfly found in the boreal Holarctic that belongs to the browns family.

Subspecies

  • C. c. chariclea Arctic Europe
  • C. c. arctica (Zetterstedt, 1839) Arctic Asia, Wrangel Island, Chukotka
  • C. c. butleri (Edwards, 1883) Arctic America, Chukotka, Kamchatka
  • C. c. boisduvalii (Duponchel, 1832) Alaska, Alberta, Labrador, Newfoundland, Minnesota, British Columbia
  • C. c. rainieri (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) Washington
  • C. c. grandis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) North British Columbia, Ontario
  • C. c. montina (Scudder, 1863)
  • C. c. helena (Edwards, 1871) Rocky Mountains

Description from Seitz

A. chariclea Schneid. (68c). Shape of wings somewhat less irregular than in pales, the apex of the hind wing less distinctly angulate. Markings more distinct above, ground-colour not so fiery red, in the female often darkened by black dusting. The hindwing beneath is characteristic, bearing instead of a median band 3 irregular light yellow spots on a bright cinnamon-red ground variegated with whitish yellow; marginal spots white with a greasy gloss and not distinctly silvery. In the high North, Scandinavia, Lapponia, North Russia, in July and August, usually not plentiful. — The arctic form arctica Zett., from Greenland and northernmost Siberia (Nova Semblia) extends perhaps farthest north of all the butterflies; differs from the nymotypical form in the darkened upperside. — The species is circumpolar, and aberrations have been found in the Old World (ab. kolaensis) as well as the New (ab. obscurata, boisduvali); these latter will be dealt with in Vol. V of this work. Nothing is known of the early stages. The butterfly is on the wing in July and August, flying only at noon, with preference at the foot of rocks which are especially well warmed by the sun; it becomes at once lethargic when struck by the cold wind.[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Dryas integrifolia, Salix arctica, S. reticulata

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schneider, 1794 Neueste Magazin fur die Liebhaber der Entomologie. Stralsund, Struck, Part V, 1794. 588
  2. ↑ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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