Arethusana

Arethusana
	Arethusana male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Satyrinae
Genus:	Arethusana; de Lesse, 1951
Species:	A. arethusa
Binomial name
	Arethusana arethusa; (Schiffermüller, 1775)
Species
	Numerous, see text
Synonyms
	Papilio arethusa [Schiffermüller], 1775; Eumenis arethusa veleta Fruhstorfer, 1908; Eumenis arethusa ganda Fruhstorfer, 1909; Eumenis arethusa galatia Fruhstorfer, 1909;

Arethusana is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It is composed of only one species, Arethusana arethusa, the false grayling, which can be found as far west as Morocco and as far eastward as SW. Siberia and N. Tian Shan.

The wingspan is 44–48 mm and the length of the forewings is 21–25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September.^[2]

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Festuca, Bromus erectus, Dactylis and Poa species.

Subspecies

Arethusana arethusa arethusa
Arethusana arethusa aksouali Wyatt, 1952 (western Morocco: Toubkal Massif)
Arethusana arethusa heptapotamica (Stauder, 1924) (Tian Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Saur, Tarbagatai)
Arethusana arethusa pontica Heyne, [1895]) (Caucasus, Armenian Highland)

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