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| Issoria altissima | |
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| Issoria altissima in Seitz | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Issoria |
| Species: | I. altissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Issoria altissima (Elwes, 1882)[1]
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Issoria altissima is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic realm region that belongs to the Nymphalidae family. It was first described by Henry John Elwes in 1882.[2] It is found in the Indian state of Sikkim and in Bhutan, Yarlung and Tibet.