Erynnis popoviana

Erynnis popoviana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Erynnis
Species:	E. popoviana
Binomial name
Erynnis popoviana Nordmann, 1851 [1]

Erynnis popoviana is a small species of skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic (Mongolia, North China, East China, Central China, Ussuri).

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

popoviana Nordm. (= sinina Gr.-Grsh.) (86 c) is hardly more than a synonym [of tages]; light grey, with a row of white marginal dots and a second similar row in the centre, the hindwing with a light discocellular spot.[2]

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

References

1. Nordmann, 1851 Neue Schmetterlinge Russlands Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 : 439-446, pl. 11-12
2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)