About Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901 has a wingspan of 46–51 mm. The upperside of its wings is brown-black with a metallic blue shine, a large transverse band of white markings, and a submarginal line of small blue dots. The intensity of the blue sheen changes depending on the angle of light. The ground color of the underside of the hindwings is red, with a silvery basal area, a row of white markings, and a row of black spots. A few small white cell spots are also present on the underside of the forewings. Mature caterpillars of this species can reach a length of 27 millimetres (1.1 in). They are light green to dull green on the back, and red-brown on the underside, with numerous brown thorns covering the back. This species is quite similar in appearance to Limenitis camilla, Neptis rivularis, and Araschnia levana form prorsa. This species is distributed in central and southern Europe (including northern Iberia, southern and eastern France, Italy, the Balkans, and the Alps), as well as Western Asia, Syria, the Caucasus, and Iran. These butterflies inhabit light woodland, woodland glades, and forest edges, at elevations between 0 and 1,650 metres (0–5,413 ft) above sea level.
