Arethusana
Sign in to saveArethusana is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It is composed of only one species, Arethusana arethusa, the false grayling.
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Arethusana is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It is composed of only one species, Arethusana arethusa, the false grayling.
==Subspecies== Subspecies include: Arethusana arethusa aksouali Wyatt, 1952 (western Morocco: Toubkal Massif) Arethusana arethusa arethusa Arethusana arethusa heptapotamica (Stauder, 1924) (Tian Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Saur, Tarbagatai) Arethusana arethusa pontica (Heyne, [1895]) (Caucasus, Armenian Highland) Arethusana arethusa boabdil (Rambur, 1895) (Granda, Andalusia – Spain) Arethusana arethusa dentata (Staudinger, 1871) (Catalonia – Spain)
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