About Araschnia burejana Bremer, 1861
Araschnia burejana, commonly called the large map, is a butterfly species that belongs to the Nymphalidae family. Its known distribution includes Tibet (China), the Amur and Ussuri regions of Russia, Korea, and Japan. This species inhabits mixed forest environments at elevations up to 1,300 meters. It produces two generations of adults per year, and mature adult butterflies are active between May and June, then again between July and August. The caterpillar larvae of this species feed on plants from the Urtica genus.
