Melitaea didymoides

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.^[2] The habitat consists of dry meadows and xerothermic slopes with thin vegetation.

Melitaea didymoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. didymoides
Binomial name
Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847[1]
Synonyms
Melitaea sibirica Staudinger, 1861 (nomen nudum) Melitaea sibirica [Heyne], [1893] (preocc.) Melitaea mandschurica Seitz, [1909] (preocc.) Melitaea seitzi Matsumura, 1929 Melitaea mandschukoana Bryk, 1940 Melitaea cansicola Bryk, 1940

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, [1909] (northern China)
• Melitaea didymoides latonia Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (central China)
• Melitaea didymoides eupatides Fruhstorfer, 1917 (Gansu)
• Melitaea didymoides hummeli Bryk, 1940 (southern Mongolia)