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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Melitaea |
| Species: | M. protomedia
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| Melitaea protomedia | |
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Melitaea protomedia is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Amur River basin in Russia and from central and eastern China to Korea and Japan.2 The habitat consists of flowering meadows, forest edges and clearings.
Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Veronica species.
Subspecies
- Melitaea protomedia protomedia (Russia)
- Melitaea protomedia regama Fruhstorfer, 1915 (China to Korea and Japan)
References
References
- "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Nymphalidae, Melitaea protomedia Menetries, 1858". rusinsects.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.