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Boloria selenis
Boloria selenis in Seitz 67g
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B. selenis
Binomial name
Boloria selenis
(Eversmann, 1837)[1]
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 family Nymphalidae. It is found from the Volga basin to Japan.

The wingspan is 35–48 mm. 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.[2]

Subspecies

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

References

  1. ^ "Clossiana selenis (Eversmann, 1837)" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Russian Insects