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Maniola chia

Summary

Maniola chia is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2] It is endemic to Chios and Oinousses in the Aegean Islands. It is a very common butterfly found amongst grassy flowery places but it is almost impossible to distinguish the specimens from Maniola jurtina.

Maniola chia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Maniola
Species:
M. chia
Binomial name
Maniola chia
Thomson, 1987

Flight period edit

The species has one brood per year (univoltine) and is on wing from late May to early August.

Food plants edit

Larvae feed on grasses.

References edit

  1. ^ van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Maniola chia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T173252A64809060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173252A64809060.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Maniola Schrank, 1801" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Species info
  • Butterflies of Europe, Tom Tolman, 1997, Princeton University Press

External links edit

  • Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic