''Boloria tritonia'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
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 ...
found in the East
Palearctic that belongs to the
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 ...
family.
Description
The hind wing underside ground colour is ochre-orange, the discal band evenly ochre or whitish-coloured, with a slight suffusion of dark scales. The general pattern is more bright and the dark basal suffusion on hind wing upperside is less expressed than in related species and the male genitalia are diagnostic.
Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia by Y.P. Korshunov and P.Y. Gorbunov
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Subspecies
*''B. t. tritonia'' — Baikal
*''B. t. amphilochus'' (Ménétriés, 1859) — Amur, Ussuri
*''B. t. barkalovi'' (Dubatolov, 2010)
Biology
The larva on feeds on '' Saxifraga bronchialis''.
See also
* List of butterflies of Europe
References
Boloria
Butterflies described in 1812
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