Kirinia roxelana

Kirinia roxelana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Kirinia
Species:	K. roxelana
Binomial name
	Kirinia roxelana; (Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms[1]
	Pararge roxelana (Cramer, 1777); Papilio roxelana Cramer, 1777;

Kirinia roxelana, the lattice brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-eastern Europe and the Near East.

The length of the forewings is 29–31 mm. Seitz describes it thus- P. roxelana Cr. (45 c). The largest Pararge, with the margin of the hindwing strongly dentate, especially in the female. Male black-brown. Female grey-brown, with the disc of the forewing reddish yellow. Underside of forewing fiery yellowish red with the margins grey-brown : hindwing beneath with dark dentate lines and a curved row of unequal ocelli beyond the centre. — From South-East Hungary to the Black Sea. on the Balcan Peninsula, Cyprus, in Asia Minor and Mesopotamia, in the plains as well as the mountains, in Juneand July, not rare. [2]

The butterfly is on wing from April to October.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

References

"Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777)". insecta.pro.
Seitz. A. in 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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[1] "Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777)". insecta.pro.

[2] Seitz. A. in 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.