Euphydryas sibirica

Euphydryas sibirica
Euphydryas sibirica davidi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphydryas
Species:	E. sibirica
Binomial name
Euphydryas sibirica (Staudinger, 1871)
Synonyms
Euphydryas mandschurica (Staudinger, 1892) (preocc.) Euphydryas tjutjujensis Higgins, 1950 Melitaea artemis var. davidi Oberthür, 1881 Euphydryas koreana (Collier, 1933) Euphydryas discalis (Bryk, 1946)

Euphydryas sibirica is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Asia, where it is found in steppe or steppe-like meadows.

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae of subspecies eothena feed on Scabiosa lachnophylla.

Subspecies

• Euphydryas sibirica sibirica (Transbaikalia)
• Euphydryas sibirica eothena (Röber, 1926) (Amur, Ussuri)
• Euphydryas sibirica davidi (Oberthür, 1881) (northern China, Tuva, Mongolia) - David's checkerspot
• Euphydryas sibirica tenebricosa (Bang-Haas, 1927) (China: Gansu)
• Euphydryas sibirica phyllis Hemming, 1941 (North Korea)

Taxonomy

E. sibirica is in the subgenus Eurodryas The clade members are:

• Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)
• Euphydryas provincialis (Boisduval, 1828)
• Euphydryas orientalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
• Euphydryas asiatica (Staudinger, 1881)
• Euphydryas sibirica (Staudinger, 1871)
• Euphydryas laeta (Christoph, 1893)
• Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)