| Euphydryas asiatica | |
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| Euphydryas asiatica alexandrina in Seitz (65c ) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euphydryas |
| Species: | E. asiatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphydryas asiatica (Staudinger, 1881) | |
Euphydryas asiatica is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic [1] that belongs to the browns family.
Euphydryas asiatica is in the subgenus Eurodryas The clade members are:
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