Euphydryas provincialis

Euphydryas provincialis
Euphydryas provincialis in Seitz (65e )
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphydryas
Species: E. provincialis
Binomial name
Euphydryas provincialis
(Boisduval, 1828) [1]

Euphydryas provincialis is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (South Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor and Caucasus Major - ssp. volhynica (Ksienschopolski, 1911)) that belongs to the browns family.

Description from Seitz

provincialis Bdv. (65e) is nearly as large [as iberica = beckeri ], but duller and more uniform in colour, the marginal lunate spots of the forewing not so extended and the submarginal band of the hindwing not so broad and less bright, the discal macular band of the hindwing, which in iberica always consists of a chain of magnificent pale reddish roundish spots situated in black, is distally but feebly defined or diffuse; the hindwing beneath almost uniformly shaded with pale brownish yellow, while in iberica it bears alternate red and whitish yellow bands. Mediterranean coasts, from South France to Asia Minor.[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Scabiosa pratensis and Scabiosa columbaria (nominate) and Cephalaria gigantea (ssp. volhynica (Ksienschopolski, 1911))

See also

References

  1. ↑ Boisduval, 1828 Eur. Lepid. Index Meth.
  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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