Triphysa nervosa is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Transuralia, the mountains of southern Siberia, eastern Siberia, Amurland, the Russian Far East, Korea, northern and north-eastern China and Mongolia.[1]
| Triphysa nervosa | |
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| Triphysa nervosa glacialis Female and Male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Triphysa |
| Species: | T. nervosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Triphysa nervosa Motschulsky, 1866
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The wingspan is 15–18 mm.[2] Seitz-nervosa Motsch. (= albovenosa Ersch.) (48 i) is very like phryne, but in both sexes without ocelli on the underside.[3] Adults are on wing from May to June or June to July in the mountains.
The larvae feed on Carex species.
Subspecies edit
- Triphysa nervosa nervosa (Transbaikalia and the Amur region)
- Triphysa nervosa sacha Korshunov, 1996 (Yakutia)
- Triphysa nervosa tscherskii Grum-Grshimailo, 1899 (Magadan, Chukot Peninsula)
- ?Triphysa nervosa biocelata Staudinger, 1901 (China)
References edit
- ^ Russian Insects
- ^ babochki.narod.ru
- ^ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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