Polygonia undina

Polygonia undina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Polygonia
Species:	P. undina
Binomial name
	Polygonia undina; (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Synonyms
	Vanessa egea undina Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; Nymphalis undina;

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]

Taxonomy[edit]

It 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

Further reading[edit]

Adalbert Seitz, ed. (1909), "Die palaearktischen Tagfalter", Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde (in German), Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, vol. Band 1, 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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[1] Savela, Markku. "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2019.

[2] Phylogenetic perspective on host plant use, colonization and speciation in butterflies

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