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LEPIDOPTERA

Bibasis aquilina aquilina Speyer, 1879
 Bibasis aquilina aquilina

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Wladiwostok und der Insel Ascold" [Vladivostok and Askold Island, S. Ussuri region].

• SYNONYMS: jankowskii Oberthur, 1880.

• RANGE. E. Asia from S. China to the Amur region and Japan.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The S. Ussuri region, populated by the nominate subspecies.

•HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Lowland deciduous and mixed forests. Flight period: July-August. Active in the morning and evening. Host plant: Kalopanax septemlobus (Fukuda et al., 1984).

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997