Triphysa nervosa

Triphysa nervosa is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Transuralia, the mountains of southern Siberia, eastern Siberia, Amurland, the Russian Far East, Korea, northern and north-eastern China and Mongolia.[1]

Triphysa nervosa
Triphysa nervosa glacialis Female and Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Triphysa
Species:
T. nervosa
Binomial name
Triphysa nervosa
Synonyms
  • Coenonympha nervosa
  • Triphysa albovenosa Erschoff, 1885
  • Triphysa phryne var. glacialis Bang-Haas, 1912

The wingspan is 15–18 mm.[2] Seitz-nervosa Motsch. (= albovenosa Ersch.) (48 i) is very like phryne, but in both sexes without ocelli on the underside.[3] Adults are on wing from May to June or June to July in the mountains.

The larvae feed on Carex species.

Subspecies
  • Triphysa nervosa nervosa (Transbaikalia and the Amur region)
  • Triphysa nervosa sacha Korshunov, 1996 (Yakutia)
  • Triphysa nervosa tscherskii Grum-Grshimailo, 1899 (Magadan, Chukot Peninsula)
  • ?Triphysa nervosa biocelata Staudinger, 1901 (China)

References
  1. Russian Insects
  2. babochki.narod.ru
  3. Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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