''Boloria iphigenia '' is an east Palearctic

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

(

Heliconiinae The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the P ...

). It is found in Japan, east Amur, Ussuri and northeast China The larva feeds on '' Viola selkirkii'' and '' Viola grypoceras''.

Subspecies

*''B. i. iphigenia'' *''B. i. alpharatoria'' Korb, 1997 (Sakhalin, Kunashir)

References

Butterflies described in 1888 Butterflies of Asia Boloria {{Heliconiinae-stub