Lopinga deidamia

Lopinga deidamia
Lopinga deidamia sachalinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lopinga
Species: L. deidamia
Binomial name
Lopinga deidamia
(Eversmann, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Hipparchia deidamia Eversmann, 1851
  • Crebeta deidamia
  • Lasiommata deidamia
  • Pararge deidamia

Lopinga deidamia is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the Urals to southern Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan.[1]

The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one or two generations per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Agrostis, Calamagrostis and Elytrigia species.[3]

Lopinga deidamia interrupta

Subspecies

  • Lopinga deidamia deidamia
  • Lopinga deidamia erebina Butler, 1883 (Amur, Ussuri)
  • Lopinga deidamia sachalinensis Matsumura, 1911 (Sakhalin)
  • Lopinga deidamia interrupta Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Lopinga deidamia kampuzana Y. Yamazaki, 1981

References

  1. IUCN Red list
  2. Russian Insects
  3. "Lopinga Moore, 1893" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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