Biology:Polygonia undina

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Polygonia undina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Polygonia
Species:
P. undina
Binomial name
Polygonia undina
(Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Vanessa egea undina Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
  • Nymphalis undina

Polygonia undina is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae first described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. 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 deserves species status.[2]

References

Further reading

  • "Die palaearktischen Tagfalter" (in German), Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde (Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen) Band 1: 209, 1909 
  • 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 

Wikidata ☰ Q15775980 entry