Polygonia interposita

Polygonia interposita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Polygonia
Species: P. interposita
Binomial name
Polygonia interposita
(Staudinger, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Vanessa (Grapta) c-album var. interposita Staudinger, 1881
  • Nymphalis interposita
  • Polygonia chitralica Evans, 1932
  • Polygonia interposita cognata Moore, 1892

Polygonia interposita is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Ghissar to the Altai Mountains, north-western China, the Himalayas and Mongolia.[1] The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters.

Adults are on wing from March to October in two generations per year.[2]

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References

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