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Araschnia

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Araschnia is a genus of the family Nymphalidae found in the East Palearctic (temperate Asia). The seasonal polyphenism (difference between spring and summer forms) is very marked.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNymphalidae
Observations recorded480,774

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
1
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
FMNH, MNHN
Recorded in
China

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Nymphalini
Image
Araschnia levana.jpg
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Commons category
Araschnia
taxon name
Araschnia
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Araschnia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Araschnia is a genus of the family Nymphalidae found in the East Palearctic (temperate Asia). The seasonal polyphenism (difference between spring and summer forms) is very marked.

==Species== In alphabetical order: Araschnia burejana (Bremer, 1861) Araschnia davidis Poujade, 1885 Araschnia dohertyi Moore, 1899 Araschnia doris Leech, 1893 Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) – map Araschnia oreas Leech, 1892 Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871) – Mongol Araschnia zhangi Chou, 1994

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