Kirinia climene
| Kirinia climene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Kirinia |
| Species: | K. climene |
| Binomial name | |
| Kirinia climene (Esper, [1783])[1] | |
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Kirinia climene, the Iranian Argus, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1783. It is distributed in Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Syria, Iraq, Iran and southern Russia.[2] The larval host-plants are various Poaceae, including Poa annua. The species inhabits mostly forests and meadows in the elevation range from 1500 to 2300 metres above sea level. The butterflies are on wing from early July until mid-August. In summer they are often observed on flowers. When it is hot they prefer shaded areas under tree canopies or in high grasses.
Subspecies
- Kirinia climene climene
- Kirinia climene roxandra (Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]) (Caucasus, Transcausia)
References
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- ↑ "Kirinia Moore, 1893" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Esperarge climene at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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