Polygonia undina
Polygonia undina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Nymphalini |
Genus: | Polygonia |
Species: | P. undina |
Binomial name | |
Polygonia undina (Grum-Grschimailo, 1890) | |
Synonyms | |
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Polygonia undina is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Ghissar-Darvaz to the Pamirs-Alai and Tian-Shan in north-western China and the Himalayas.[1]
Taxonomy
It was treated as a subspecies of Polygonia egea, but DNA-analysis concluded it derserves species status.[2]
References
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Further reading
- Adalbert Seitz, ed. (1909), "Die palaearktischen Tagfalter" (in German), Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde (Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen) Band 1: pp. 209
- V. K. Tuzov; P. V. Bogdanov; S. V. Churkin; A. V. Dantchenko; A. L. Devyatkin; V. S. Murzin; G. D. Samodurov; A. B. Zhdanko (2000) (in German), Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories : Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae, 2, Sofia: Pensoft, pp. 27, ISBN 954-642-095-6
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