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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