Polygonia interposita

Polygonia interposita

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Nymphalini
Genus:	Polygonia
Species:	P. interposita
Binomial name
*Polygonia interposita* (Staudinger, 1881)
Synonyms
Vanessa (Grapta) c-album var. interposita Staudinger, 1881 Nymphalis interposita Polygonia chitralica Evans, 1932 Polygonia interposita cognata Moore, 1892

Polygonia interposita is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Ghissar to the Altai Mountains, north-western China, the Himalayas and Mongolia.^[1] The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters.

Adults are on wing from March to October in two generations per year.^[2]

Subspecies

Polygonia interposita interposita (Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai)
Polygonia interposita adya Churkin, 2003 (Mongolia)
Polygonia interposita tibetana Elwes, 1888 (north-western China)

References

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