Issoria

Issoria
Issoria lathonia (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences collection)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Genus: Issoria
Hübner, [1819]
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Rathora Moore, 1900
  • Pseudorathora Reuss, 1926
  • Prokükenthaliella Reuss, [1927]
  • Prokuekenthaliella Reuss, [1927]
  • Chilargynnis Bryk, 1944

Issoria is the genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in the Palaearctic ecozone, Africa and South America.

Taxonomy

The South American genus Yramea is sometimes included in Issoria as a subgenus.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

References

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  1. Issoria, Site of Markku Savela


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