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Polygonia undina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Nymphalini

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

Polygonia undina is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Ghissar-Darvaz to the Pamirs-Alai and Tian-Shan in north-western China and the Himalayas.

Taxonomy

It was treated as a subspecies of Polygonia egea, but DNA-analysis concluded it deserves species status.

References

Polygonia undina Wikipedia