Melitaea protomedia

Melitaea protomedia is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Amur River basin in Russia and from central and eastern China to Korea and Japan.^[2] The habitat consists of flowering meadows, forest edges and clearings.

Melitaea protomedia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. protomedia
Binomial name
Melitaea protomedia (Ménétriés, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
Melitaea protomedia f. argentea Fixsen, 1887

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Veronica species.

Subspecies

• Melitaea protomedia protomedia (Russia)
• Melitaea protomedia regama Fruhstorfer, 1915 (China to Korea and Japan)