Araschnia oreas

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Araschnia oreas
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Araschnia doris in Seitz (64f)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Araschnia
Species:
A. oreas
Binomial name
Araschnia oreas
Leech, [1892] [1]

Araschnia oreas is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to East Tibet and West China

Description from Seitz

oreas Leech (64f) is perhaps only a seasonal form of the preceding [ Araschnia davidis ], with narrower bands and lines, which have partly a yellowish tint; near the edge of the hindwing a row of blue elongate spots. The underside more brightly marked, the ground colour being almost red. West China: Wa-ssu-kow, Chow-pin-sa, Pu-tsu-fong. [2]

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References

  1. Leech, [1892] Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .