Minois dryas

Minois dryas
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Minois
Species: M. dryas
Binomial name
Minois dryas
Scopoli, 1763

The Dryad (Minois dryas) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Southern and Central Europe up to Central Asia and Japan.

The wingspan is 45–60 millimetres (1.8–2.4 in). The butterfly is on wing from June to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on grass species, such as Molinia caerulea, Calamagrostis species and Bromus.


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