Kirinia climene

Kirinia climene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Kirinia
Species: K. climene
Binomial name
Kirinia climene
(Esper, [1783])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio climene Esper, 1783
  • Esperarge climene
  • Pararga clymene var. roxandra Nordmann, 1851
  • Pararge valentinae Miller, 1923
  • Pararge tkatshukovi Sheljuzhko, 1925

Kirinia climene, the Iranian Argus, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1783. It is distributed in Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Syria, Iraq, Iran and southern Russia.[2] The larval host-plants are various Poaceae, including Poa annua. The species inhabits mostly forests and meadows in the elevation range from 1500 to 2300 metres above sea level. The butterflies are on wing from early July until mid-August. In summer they are often observed on flowers. When it is hot they prefer shaded areas under tree canopies or in high grasses.

Subspecies

  • Kirinia climene climene
  • Kirinia climene roxandra (Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]) (Caucasus, Transcausia)

References

  1. ↑ "Kirinia Moore, 1893" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Esperarge climene at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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