- Neolycaena rhymnus
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Neolycaena rhymnus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Neolycaena Species: N. rhymnus Binomial name Neolycaena rhymnus
(Eversmann, 1832)Synonyms - Lycaena rhymnus Eversmann, 1832
- Neolycaena betpakdalensis Zhdanko, 1998
- Neolycaena rufina Lukhtanov, 1994
Neolycaena rhymnus is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from Ukraine and southern and central Russia to the southern Ural mountains, Zauralye, the western and southern Altai Region, the Sayan mountains and Kazakhstan.
Adults are on wing from late May to mid June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Caragana frutex.
Subspecies
- Neolycaena rhymnus rhymnus
- Neolycaena rhymnus betpakdalensis (western Kazakhstan)
- Neolycaena rhymnus rufina (Katutau Mountains, Dzhungarsky Alatau, south-eastern Kazakhstan)
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