Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Melitaeinae → tribe Melitaeini → subtribe Euphydryina → genus Euphydryas → species Euphydryas iduna

Species name(s)

Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816) = Melitaea iduna Dalman, 1816 = Hypodryas iduna. [9, 10]

Lappland Fritillary.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8590

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#2. Kolsky; #5. Nenetsko-Novozemelsky tundrovy; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #21. Severo-Yeniseisky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #29. Zapadno-Yakutsky; #30. Vostochno-Yakutsky; #32. Chukotsky; #33. Severo-Okhotomorsky; #34. Kamchatsky.

Forewing length

16—24 mm.

Flight time

January

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Norway, the Soviet Union - the European part, Sweden. [1].
Norway (mainland), Russia, Finland, Sweden. [10].
Regions of Russia: Eastern Yakutia, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, Western Caucasus, Western Yakutia, Kamchatka, Kola, Krasnoyarsk, the Nenets-Novaya Zemlya tundra, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy, North Yenisei North Okhotsk, North Urals , Tuva, Chukotka. [3].
Valley meadows, forest edges, bogs [185].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing: 16-24 mm. [185].

Imago lifespan

June July [185].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Veronica, Plantago, Vaccinium. [28].

Subspecies of Euphydryas iduna

Euphydryas iduna alferakyi Korshunov, 1996. [9]
E. i. iduna. [9]
E. i. inexpectata Sheljuzhko, 1934. [187]
E. i. inexpectata (Sheljuzhko, 1934). [9]
E. i. sajana Higgins, 1950. [9]
E. i. semenovi Korshunov & Ivonin, 1996. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Yuriy Karpov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[185] Берлов О. Бабочки Байкала. Атлас-определитель.- Электронный ресурс 2001-2006: http://babochki.narod.ru
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org