Melitaea phoebe (Schifermueller, 1775) - Knapweed Fritillary.

Range: the arid and semiarid steppes of Euroasia east to the Lena River, Amurland and NE China.
Range: the arid and areas steppes of Euroasia east to the Lena River, Amurland and NE China.
ssp.: changaica Seitz, 1892; range: S and C Tuva, S Transbaikalia, Mongolia.
A mature larva.
A meadow steppe on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita region (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 19th June 1995. O. Kosterin.
Ареал: аридные и семиаридные области Евразии на восток до р. Лена, Приамурья и СВ Китая.
ssp.: changaica Seitz, 1892; ареал: Ю и Ц Тува, Ю Забайкалье, Монголия.

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