Maniola chia is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."Maniola Schrank, 1801" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms It is endemic to Chios and Oinousses in the Aegean Islands. It is a very common butterfly found amongst grassy flowery places but it is almost impossible to distinguish the specimens from Maniola jurtina.
Flight period The species has one brood per year (univoltine) and is on wing from late May to early August.
Food plants Larvae feed on grasses.
References
Species info Butterflies of Europe, Tom Tolman, 1997, Princeton University Press
External links Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic