Issoria mackinnonii
Issoria mackinnonii illustration accompanying the original description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Issoria
Species:
I. mackinnonii
Binomial name
Issoria mackinnonii
Synonyms
  • Argynnis mackinnonii de Nicéville, 1891
  • Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)

Issoria mackinnonii is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic region that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891.[2] It is found in the Nila and Baspa river valleys, the northwest Himalayas and central Nepal.

References

  1. de Nicéville (1891). "On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 6 (3): 341-398, pl. F-G.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2019.


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