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 undinaGrum-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

It was originally treated as a subspecies of Polygonia egea , but phylogenetic analysis with genetic data indicated that it deserves species status. ^{[2] [3]}

References

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
3. Wahlberg, N. et al. (2009). Timing major conflict between mitochondrial and nuclear genes in species relationships of Polygonia butterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalini). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:92.

Further reading

• Adalbert Seitz, ed. (1909), "Die palaearktischen Tagfalter", Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde (in German), vol. Band 1, Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, 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