''Melitaea didymoides'' is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Russia (Transbaikalia to the Amur and Ussuri regions) as well as in
Mongolia and
China
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Russian Insects
/ref> The habitat consists of dry meadows and xerothermic slopes with thin vegetation.
Adults are on wing from June to July.
Subspecies
*''Melitaea didymoides didymoides'' (southern Tuva, Transbaikalia, Amur)
*''Melitaea didymoides yagakuana'' Matsumura, 1927 (southern Ussuri)
*''Melitaea didymoides pekinensis'' Seitz, 909/small> (northern China)
*''Melitaea didymoides latonia'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (central China)
*''Melitaea didymoides eupatides'' Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Gansu)
*''Melitaea didymoides hummeli'' Bryk, 1940 (southern Mongolia)
References
Butterflies described in 1847
Melitaea
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