Melanargia halimede Ménétriès, 1859

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Melanargiini → genus Melanargia → species Melanargia halimede

Species name(s)

Melanargia halimede Ménétriès, 1859 = Arge halimede Ménétriés, 1859 = Halimede menetriesi Oberthür & Houlbert, 1922 = Melanargia sulphurea Sheljuzhko 1929. [3, 9, 187]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin*; #40. Primorsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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September

October

November

December

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Regions of the Russian Federation: the Trans-Baikal, the Lower Amur, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin (?) Mid-Amur. [3].
Outside of Russia: Eastern. Mongolia, China, Korea
It lives on dry mixed grass meadows on the tops of the hills, the coastal terraces in the river valleys on steep slopes with rocky exits. [2].

General info about Larva

Larvae pupate in the soil under the plant substrate [103].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Calamagrostis epigeios. [9].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar [PC106].

Subspecies of Melanargia halimede

Melanargia halimede beicki Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. chloris Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. corimede Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. gratiani Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. halimedina Bryk, 1946. [187]
M. h. koreargia Bryk, 1946. [187]
M. h. maritima Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. menetriesi Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. pseudolugens Forster, 1942. [187]
M. h. tapaishanensis Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. tsinica Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. walleseri Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. weigoldi Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]
M. h. wenchowensis Wagener, 1959 & 1961. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vladimir Mescheryakov, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov, Irina Nikulina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[2] Коршунов Ю. П. Булавоусые чешуекрылые Северной Азии. М.: КМК, 2002
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[103] Сочивко А.В. Каабак Л.В. Определитель бабочек России. Дневные бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC106] Sergei Kotov