Polygonia undina
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| taxon = Polygonia undina
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- Vanessa egea undina Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
- Nymphalis undina
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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.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/nymphalis/ |title=Nymphalis Kluk, 1780 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 23, 2019}}
Taxonomy
It was originally treated as a subspecies of Polygonia egea, but phylogenetic analysis with genetic data indicated that it deserves species status.[http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:199723/FULLTEXT01.pdf Phylogenetic perspective on host plant use, colonization and speciation in butterflies ]Wahlberg, N. et al. (2009). [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/92 Timing major conflict between mitochondrial and nuclear genes in species relationships of Polygonia butterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalini).] BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:92.
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Further reading
- {{citation|editor-surname1=Adalbert Seitz|periodical=Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde|title=Die palaearktischen Tagfalter |volume=Band 1|publisher=Alfred Kernen|location=Stuttgart|pages=209|date= 1909|language=German}}
- {{citation|surname1=V. K. Tuzov|surname2=P. V. Bogdanov|surname3=S. V. Churkin|surname4=A. V. Dantchenko|surname5=A. L. Devyatkin|surname6=V. S. Murzin|surname7=G. D. Samodurov|surname8=A. B. Zhdanko|title=Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories : Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae|volume=2|publisher=Pensoft|location=Sofia|pages=27|isbn=954-642-095-6|date= 2000|language=German}}
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Category:Butterflies described in 1890
Category:Taxa named by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo
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