Melitaea didymoides is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Russia (Transbaikalia to the Amur and Ussuri regions) as well as in Mongolia and China. The habitat consists of dry meadows and slopes with thin vegetation.
Adults are on wing from June to July.
Subspecies
- Melitaea didymoides didymoides (southern Tuva, Transbaikalia, Amur)
- Melitaea didymoides yagakuana <small>Matsumura, 1927</small> (southern Ussuri)
- Melitaea didymoides pekinensis <small>Seitz, [1909]</small> (northern China)
- Melitaea didymoides latonia <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1891</small> (central China)
- Melitaea didymoides eupatides <small>Fruhstorfer, 1917</small> (Gansu)
- Melitaea didymoides hummeli <small>Bryk, 1940</small> (southern Mongolia)
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