Issoria
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| Baumann's mountain fritillary Issoria baumanni excelsior Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Argynnini |
| Genus: | Issoria Hübner, [1819] |
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Issoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in the Palaearctic ecozone, Africa and South America.
Taxonomy
The South American genus Yramea is sometimes included in Issoria as a subgenus.
Species
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- Issoria baumanni Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894 – Baumann's mountain fritillary
- Issoria hanningtoni Elwes, 1889 – Hannington's fritillary
- Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758) – Queen of Spain fritillary
- Issoria smaragdifera (Butler, 1895) – African queen fritillary
References
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- ↑ "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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