Thecla betulina is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Ussuri, Amur), north-eastern China and Korea.[1] The species is found in the forest belt where it inhabits forest edges and river valleys.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thecla |
| Species: | T. betulina
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| Thecla betulina Staudinger, 1887
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Adults often visit flowering Umbelliferae species.
The larvae feed on Malus species (including M. mandschurica) and possibly Pyrus species. They roll a leaf of their host plant, forming a tube.
Subspecies edit
- Thecla betulina betulina
- Thecla betulina minekoae Morita, 2003 (China: Yunnan)
- Thecla betulina shibasakii Morita, 2003 (China: Heilongjiang)
References edit
- ^ "Thecla Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Thecla betulina Staudinger, 1887" at Insecta.pro
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