''Euphydryas intermedia '' is a small
butterfly found in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
(Alps, Middle and South Ural, in the taiga zone and the West Siberian Lowland, South Siberia and the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, Mongolia, Northeast China, North Korea) that belongs to the
browns family. It occurs up to 2200 m above sea level.
Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia by Y.P. Korshunov and P.Y. Gorbunov
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Description
Similar to '' Euphydryas maturna''. The forewing length is 17–23 mm. The wing upperside ground colour varies from brick-red to light yellowish-orange. The hind wing postdiscal band contains minute black dots. The hind wing underside outer margin is fulvous.
Biology
The larva feeds on '' Veronica'', '' Lonicera'', '' Thalictrum'' and Salicaceae. Flies from mid -June to late July.
Taxonomy
Synonym of ''Euphydryas ichnea'' (Boisduval, 833
*''E. i. ichnea'' South Siberia, Transbaikalia, Russian Far East, Amur, Ussuri
*''E. i. mongolica'' (Staudinger, 1892) Sayan
*''E. i. altaiana'' (Wnukowsky, 1929) Altai
*''E. i. konumensis'' (Matsumura, 1927) Sakhalin
*''E. i. wolfensbergeri'' (Frey, 1880) Alps (Maritime Alps)
See also
*List of butterflies of Europe
This is a list of the 473 butterfly species which are found in Europe ''sensu lato'' (including Russia west of the Urals and the Caucasus region). Europe forms the western part of the Palearctic biogeographical zone and includes:
*Euro-Siberian re ...
References
Euphydryas
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