LEPIDOPTERA

• N Y M P H A L I D A E Swainson, 1827

  • ARGYNNIS Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Argynnis sagana Doubleday, [1847]

Argynnis sagana Doubleday, [1847]

• TYPE LOCALITY". NE. China.

• RANGE. S. Siberia, Transbaikalia to Amur and Ussuri regions; Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The species shows little geographical variation, more to the southeast the specimens being somewhat larger in size. In addition to the nominotypical subspecies from NE. China, the following taxa are known: relicta Korshunov, 1984 (TL: Kemerovo Region, S. Siberia); paulina Nordmann, 1851 (TL: vicinity of Irkutsk, Siberia); nordmanni Korshunov, 1984 (TL: Amur region, Blagoveshchensk Region). Also, the following two taxa have been described from Japan: liane Fruhstorfer. 1907 from Nagasaki, and ilona Fruhstorfer, 1907 from Tsushima Island. This species displays significant sexual dimorphism.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Common in broadleaves or mixed light forests. Flight period: July to September. Host plant in W. Siberia (Korshunov & Gorbunov, 1995): Viola unifiora.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Argynnis laodice, A. ruslana: androconial scales present only on two or three veins of UPF.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 2. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 2000