Karanasa leechi is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Asia, including the Darvaz Range in the Pamirs and the Hindu Kush.
| Karanasa leechi | |
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| K. leechi intermedius from Kyrgyzstan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Karanasa |
| Species: | K. leechi
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| Binomial name | |
| Karanasa leechi (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)[1]
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The habitat consists of xerophytic slopes with thin vegetation at 3,500 to 4,700 meters above sea level.
Adults are on wing from July to August.
Subspecies
edit- Karanasa leechi leechi (Pamirs)
- Karanasa leechi intermedius Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 (Zaalaisky Mountains)
- Karanasa leechi erubescens Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (Peter I Mountains)
- Karanasa leechi alitchura Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (southern Pamirs)
- Karanasa leechi centralis Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (eastern Pamirs)
- Karanasa leechi gregorii Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (south-western Chinese Turkestan)
- Karanasa leechi mihmana Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (south-eastern Pamirs)
- Karanasa leechi hunza Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (north-western India (Hunza Valley))
References
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- ^ "Karanasa Moore, 1893" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms