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Triphysa nervosa

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Triphysa nervosa
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T. nervosa
Binomial name
Triphysa nervosa
Synonyms
  • Coenonympha nervosa
  • Triphysa albovenosa Erschoff, 1885
  • Triphysa phryne var. glacialis Bang-Haas, 1912

Triphysa nervosa is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Transuralia, the mountains of southern Siberia, eastern Siberia, Amurland, the Russian Far East, Korea, northern and north-eastern China and Mongolia.[1]

The wingspan is 15–18 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to June or June to July in the mountains.

The larvae feed on Carex species.

Subspecies

  • Triphysa nervosa nervosa (Transbaikalia and the Amur region)
  • Triphysa nervosa sacha Korshunov, 1996 (Yakutia)
  • Triphysa nervosa tscherskii Grum-Grshimailo, 1899 (Magadan, Chukot Peninsula)
  • ?Triphysa nervosa biocelata Staudinger, 1901 (China)

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