Boloria angarensis explained

Boloria angarensis is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family.

Subspecies

• Boloria angarensis angarensis Transbaikalia, South Siberia
• Boloria angarensis herzi (Wnukowsky, 1927) North Transbaikalia, Far East Yakutia
• Boloria angarensis sedychi (Weiss, 1964) Polar Urals, Yamal Peninsula
• Boloria angarensis alticola (Sushkin & Tschetverikov, 1907) Sayan, Tuva (mountains)
• Boloria angarensis hakutozana (Matsumura, 1927) Amur, Ussuri, N.Korea, NE.China
• Boloria angarensis miakei (Matsumura, 1919) Sakhalin

Description from Seitz

A. angarensis Ersch. (67h). About the same size as the previous [''[[Boloria iphigenia|A. iphigenia]] Graes] ; the forewing less elongate. The underside of the hindwing bears a very close resemblance to that of A. selenis sibirica, but the costal spot of the median band is essentially different in shape, as shown in the figure. Moreover, angarensis has a row of silvery marginal spots, which are absent in sibirica or only indicated. The female larger and paler. — In Amurland, in June, locally very common.^[1]

Biology

The larva feeds on Vaccinium.

Etymology

Toponymic Angara

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz]