Polygonia interposita

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  • Vanessa (Grapta) c-album var. interposita Staudinger, 1881
  • Nymphalis interposita
  • Polygonia chitralica Evans, 1932
  • Polygonia interposita cognata Moore, 1892

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Polygonia interposita is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Ghissar to the Altai Mountains, north-western China, the Himalayas and Mongolia.[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/nymphalis/ "Nymphalis Kluk, 1780"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters above sea level.

Adults are on wing from March to October in two generations per year.[http://rusinsects.com/nymph/n-p-inte.htm Russian Insects]

Subspecies

  • Polygonia interposita interposita (Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai)
  • Polygonia interposita adya Churkin, 2003 (Mongolia)
  • Polygonia interposita tibetana Elwes, 1888 (north-western China)

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Category:Nymphalini

Category:Butterflies described in 1881

Category:Taxa named by Otto Staudinger

Category:Butterflies of Asia

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