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Limenitis sidyi Lederer, 1853
Limenitis sidyi Lederer, 1853

• TYPE LOCALITY. «Ustbuchtarminsk» [Lower Bukhtarma River, E. Kazakhstan].

• RANGE. From Altais to Ussuri region; central and NE. China, Korea.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominotypical subspecies is distributed in the Altais and S. Siberia. The ssp. IcitaefascicitcL Menetries, 1859 inhabits Transbai­kalia, the Amur and Ussuri regions, NE. China and N. Korea.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Oaks and valley deciduous or broadleaved forests. Flight period: June to August. Host plant in the Altais (Korshunov & Gorbunov, 1995): Lonicera altaica: in the Ussuri region (Graeser, 1888; Dantchenko & Nikolaevsky, in press): Spiraea salicifolia and S.fiexuosa.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Limenitis Camilla: median band on UPH narrow; spot in cell 2 on UPF not shifted to margin in relation to spot in cell 1. L. amphyssa, L. doerriesi, L. helmanni, L. homeyeri, L. moltrechti: with one or two white spots in central cell of UPF.

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