Maniola chia
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| Maniola chia | |
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| File:Maniola chia.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Maniola |
| Species: | M. chia
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| Binomial name | |
| Maniola chia Thomson, 1987
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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.
Flight period
[edit | edit source]The species has one brood per year (univoltine) and is on wing from late May to early August.
Food plants
[edit | edit source]Larvae feed on grasses.
References
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- ^ "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
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