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Issoria mackinnonii

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Species of butterfly

Issoria mackinnonii
Issoria mackinnonii illustration accompanying the original description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Issoria
Species: I. mackinnonii
Binomial name
Issoria mackinnonii
(de Nicéville, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Argynnis mackinnonii de Nicéville, 1891
  • Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)

Issoria mackinnonii is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic region that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891. It is found in the Nila and Baspa river valleys, the northwest Himalayas and central Nepal.

References

  1. de Nicéville (1891). "On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 6 (3): 341-398, pl. F-G.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2019.


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