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]
| 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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Taxonomy
editIt was treated as a subspecies of Polygonia egea, but DNA analysis concluded it deserves species status.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
- ^ Phylogenetic perspective on host plant use, colonization and speciation in butterflies
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Further reading
edit- Adalbert Seitz, ed. (1909), "Die palaearktischen Tagfalter", Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde (in German), vol. Band 1, Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, 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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