Biology:Polygonia undina
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Polygonia undina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Polygonia |
| Species: | P. undina
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| Binomial name | |
| Polygonia undina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
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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
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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
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