Boloria selenis

Boloria selenis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Boloria
Species:	B. selenis
Binomial name
	Boloria selenis; (Eversmann, 1837)
Synonyms
	Argynnis selenis Eversmann, 1837; Clossiana selenis; Clossiana speranda Grosser, 1979; Argynnis selenis takamukuella Matsumura, 1929; Clossiana festiva (Krulikovsky, 1893); Argynnis selenis meinhardi Sheljuzhko, 1929; Clossiana perunovi Korb, 1999;

Boloria selenis is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the Volga Basin to Japan.

The wingspan is 35–48 mm.^[2] Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. In the Ussuri region there are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and from the end of July to September.

The larvae feed on Viola species.^[3]

Subspecies

Boloria selenis selenis (southern Urals, Volga Valley)
Boloria selenis sibirica (Erschoff, 1870) (Siberia, Amur)
Boloria selenis samkoi (Sheljuzhko, 1931) (Polar Urals, Yamal Peninsula)
Boloria selenis kononovi (Kurentzov, 1970) (north-eastern Siberia)
Boloria selenis chosensis (Matsumura, 1925) (Ussuri)
Boloria selenis onorensis (Matsumura, 1925) (Sakhalin)

References

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[1] Clossiana at funet

[2] European Butterflies and Moths

[3] Russian Insects

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