Boloria tritonia explained

Boloria tritonia is a species of butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the Nymphalidae family.

Description

The hind wing underside ground colour is ochre-orange, the discal band evenly ochre or whitish-coloured, with a slight suffusion of dark scales. The general pattern is more bright and the dark basal suffusion on hind wing upperside is less expressed than in related species and the male genitalia are diagnostic.[1]

Subspecies

Biology

The larva on feeds on Saxifraga bronchialis.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/korgor/nymph1.htm Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia by Y.P. Korshunov and P.Y. Gorbunov