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Maniola chia

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Maniola chia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Maniola
Species:
M. chia
Binomial name
Maniola chia
Thomson, 1987

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

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The species has one brood per year (univoltine) and is on wing from late May to early August.

Food plants

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Larvae feed on grasses.

References

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  1. ^ van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Maniola chia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T173252A64809060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173252A64809060.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Maniola Schrank, 1801" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Species info
  • Butterflies of Europe, Tom Tolman, 1997, Princeton University Press
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