Issoria altissima
Appearance
Issoria altissima | |
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Issoria altissima in Seitz | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Issoria |
Species: | I. altissima
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Binomial name | |
Issoria altissima | |
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Issoria altissima is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic realm region that belongs to the Nymphalidae family. It was first described by Henry John Elwes in 1882.[2] It is found in the Indian state of Sikkim and in Bhutan, Yarlung and Tibet.
References
[edit]- ^ Elwes (1882) "On a collection of Butterflies from Sikkim". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1882 (4): 398-407, pl. 25.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Issoria altissima (Elwes, 1882)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2019.