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''Coenonympha mahometana'' is a species of
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in parts of the
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region, mainly
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, and western China. It can be found in various humid habitats from grassy fields along streams at foothills (1200–1700 m) to humid alpine meadows (3500–3700 m)


Flight period

The species is
univoltine Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is most often applied to insects, and is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism. ...
and is on wing between June and July, depending on altitude and locality.


Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.


References


Sources


Species infoBioLib.cz
*Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and Adjacent Territories Volume 1. Pensoft, Sofia - Moscow. 1997. Coenonympha Butterflies described in 1881 Butterflies of Asia {{Satyrini-stub