Maniola chia

Maniola chia is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.^[2] It is endemic to Chios and Oinousses in the Aegean Islands. It is a very common butterfly found amongst grassy flowery places but it is almost impossible to distinguish the specimens from Maniola jurtina.

Maniola chia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Maniola
Species:	M. chia
Binomial name
Maniola chia Thomson, 1987

Flight period

The species has one brood per year (univoltine) and is on wing from late May to early August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.