Araschnia
Araschnia | |
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Araschnia levana in the spring | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Nymphalini |
Genus: | Araschnia Hübner, 1819 |
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Araschnia is a genus of the family Nymphalidae found in the East Palearctic (temperate Asia). The seasonal polyphenism (difference between spring and summer forms) is very marked.
Species[]
In alphabetical order:[1]
- Araschnia burejana (Bremer, 1861)
- Araschnia davidis Poujade, 1885
- Araschnia dohertyi Moore, 1899
- Araschnia doris Leech, 1893
- Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) – map
- Araschnia oreas Leech, 1892
- Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871) – Mongol
- Chou, 1994
References[]
- ^ "Araschnia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Further reading[]
- "Le genre Araschnia" in French Wikipedia provides distribution information
External links[]
- Images representing Araschnia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images representing Araschnia at Encyclopedia of Life
Categories:
- Araschnia
- Butterfly genera
- Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
- Nymphalinae stubs