{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = Maniola chia.jpg | status = NT | status_system=IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=van Swaay, C. |author2=Wynhoff, I. |author3=Wiemers, M. |author4=Katbeh-Bader, A. |author5=Power, A. |author6=Benyamini, D. |author7=Tzirkalli, E. |author8=Balletto, E. |author9=Monteiro, E. |author10=Karaçetin, E. |author11=Franeta, F. |author12=Pe'er, G. |author13=Welch, H. |author14=Thompson, K. |author15=Pamperis, L. |author16=Dapporto, L. |author17=Šašić, M. |author18=López Munguira, M. |author19=Micevski, N. |author20=Dupont, P. |author21=Garcia-Pereira, P. |author22=Moulai, R. |author23=Caruana, R. |author24=Verovnik, R. |author25=Bonelli, S. |author26=Beshkov, S. |date=2015 |title=''Maniola chia'' |volume=2015 |article-number=e.T173252A64809060 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173252A64809060.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Maniola chia | authority = Thomson, 1987 | synonyms = }} '''''Maniola chia''''' is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/maniola/ "''Maniola'' Schrank, 1801"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref> 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== {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090923003644/http://www.nymphalidae.net/Biogeography/Palspecies.htm Species info] *''Butterflies of Europe'', Tom Tolman, 1997, Princeton University Press
==External links== * [http://www.satyrinae.yolasite.com/maniola-chia.php Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic]
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Category:Maniola Category:Butterflies of Europe Category:Butterflies described in 1987
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