''Euphydryas sibirica'' is a

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 ...

of 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 ...

. It is found in north-eastern

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

, where it is found in steppe or steppe-like meadows.Russian Insects
/ref> Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae of subspecies ''eothena'' feed on '' Scabiosa lachnophylla''.

Subspecies

*'' Euphydryas sibirica sibirica'' (Transbaikalia) *'' Euphydryas sibirica eothena'' (Röber, 1926) (Amur, Ussuri) *'' Euphydryas sibirica davidi'' (Oberthür, 1881) (northern China, Tuva, Mongolia) - David's checkerspot *'' Euphydryas sibirica tenebricosa'' (Bang-Haas, 1927) (China: Gansu) *'' Euphydryas sibirica phyllis'' Hemming, 1941 (North Korea)

Taxonomy

''E. sibirica'' is in the subgenus ''Eurodryas'' The clade members are: * ''

Euphydryas aurinia The marsh fritillary (''Euphydryas aurinia'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Commonly distributed in the Palearctic region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its several habitats, marshland. The prolonged larval s ...

'' (Rottemburg, 1775) * ''

Euphydryas provincialis The marsh fritillary (''Euphydryas aurinia'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Commonly distributed in the Palearctic region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its several habitats, marshland. The prolonged larval s ...

'' (Boisduval, 1828) * ''

Euphydryas orientalis ''Euphydryas orientalis'' is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. Description Difficult to distinguish from some ''aurinia'' forms.Tusov treats ''orientalis'' as a subspecies of ''Arinia'' Seitz- ''orie ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) * '' Euphydryas asiatica'' (Staudinger, 1881) * '' Euphydryas sibirica'' (Staudinger, 1871) * ''

Euphydryas laeta ''Euphydryas'' is a genus of 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 t ...

'' (Christoph, 1893) * ''

Euphydryas desfontainii ''Euphydryas desfontainii'', the Spanish fritillary, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Morocco (the Rif mountains and Middle Atlas) and western Algeria in North Africa. Description The ...

'' (Godart, 1819)

References

Butterflies described in 1871 Euphydryas Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Nymphalinae-stub