Melitaea didyma (Esper, [1778])

P. [apilio] didyma Esper, [1778]: 1 (1), pl. 41, fig. 3, text [1779], 365.

FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — MRSN 1964 (Valdieri, 1000 m).

CHOROTYPE. — Centralasiatic-Euro-Mediterranean.

ECOLOGY. — Open herbaceous, lowland-lower montane, thermophilous, mesophilous.

EDIT PROJECT SAMPLING. — Natural reserve Juniperus phoenicea, dry grassland 878 m, VII-VIII.2008, CS.