Lesser Lattice Brown

P. climene Esp. (= clymene 0. synclimene Hbn.) (45c). Much smaller than the preceding [ roxelana ], the hindwing not so large as compared with the forewing as in roxelana, with the distal margin non-dentate. Ocelli of the hindwing beneath much smaller and less distinct on a unicolorous ground. On the lower parts of the Danube and Volga, in South Russia, Turkey and Asia Minor, said to occur also in the Altai-district. — roxandra H.-Schiff. (= caucasica Nordm.) from Armenia, is beneath brighter and more variegated, there being a white silky spot at the apex of the cell of the hindwing. — The butterflies occur in May and June: they are true insects of the steppes, being also not rare in the plains, especially in stony places, and resemble an Epinephele when on the wing.