Karanasa leechi

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Karanasa leechi		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Satyrini Rank Species

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Karanasa leechi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Asia, including the Darvaz Range in the Pamirs and the Hindu Kush.

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

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))

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