Polygonia undina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Polygonia
Species:
P. undina
Binomial name
Polygonia undina
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

  1. Savela, Markku. "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. Phylogenetic perspective on host plant use, colonization and speciation in butterflies

Further reading

  • Adalbert Seitz, ed. (1909), "Die palaearktischen Tagfalter", Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde (in German), Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, vol. Band 1, p. 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), Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories : Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae (in German), vol. 2, Sofia: Pensoft, p. 27, ISBN 954-642-095-6


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