| Anatolian witch | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Chazara |
| Species: | C. egina |
| Binomial name | |
| Chazara egina (Staudinger, [1892]) | |
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