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in the family

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). It is found in Ussuri (''S. p. eximia'' (Moltrecht, 1909)),Leley AS (Ed.) ''Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East''. Volume II. Lepidoptera. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 812 pp.

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/ref> China (nominate) and Korea (''S. p. coreana'' (Matsumura, 1927)) The larva on feeds on ''

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References

Chalinga Butterflies described in 1890 {{Limenitidinae-stub