Boloria iphigenia

Boloria iphigenia is an east Palearctic butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (Heliconiinae). It is found in Japan, east Amur, Ussuri and northeast China

Boloria iphigenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Boloria
Species:
B. iphigenia
Binomial name
Boloria iphigenia
(Graeser, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argynnis iphigenia Graeser, 1888
  • Clossiana iphigenia
  • Argynnis perryi Butler, 1882
  • Argynnis sachalinensis Matsumura, 1908

The larva feeds on Viola selkirkii and Viola grypoceras.

Subspecies
  • B. i. iphigenia
  • B. i. alpharatoria Korb, 1997 (Sakhalin, Kunashir)

References
  1. Clossiana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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