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Polygonia interposita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Polygonia

Polygonia interposita

Similar
  
Polygonia oreas, Polygonia egea, Polygonia progne, Polygonia satyrus, Hoary comma

Polygonia interposita is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Ghissar to the Altai Mountains, north-western China, the Himalayas and Mongolia. The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters.

Adults are on wing from March to October in two generations per year.

Subspecies

  • Polygonia interposita interposita (Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai)
  • Polygonia interposita adya Churkin, 2003 (Mongolia)
  • Polygonia interposita tibetana Elwes, 1888 (north-western China)

    • References

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