''Gonepteryx maxima'' is a

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 ...

of the family

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. It was described by

Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner ...

in 1885. It is found from north-eastern China to

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, Japan, the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admin ...

(Amur, Ussuri) and Japan. The habitat consists of

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and forest-steppe areas. Adults are on wing from the end of July to September. Adults overwinter and fly again from May to June. The larvae feed on '' Rhamnus ussuriensis''.''Gonepteryx maxima'' Butler, 1885
at Russian Insects

Subspecies

*''Gonepteryx maxima maxima'' *''Gonepteryx maxima amurensis'' Graeser, 1888 (Amur, Ussuri)

References

''Gonepteryx maxima'' Butler, 1885
at Insecta.pro Butterflies described in 1885 Gonepteryx Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{pieridae-stub