Araschnia oreas

Araschnia oreas is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to East Tibet and West China

Araschnia oreas
Araschnia doris in Seitz (64f)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Araschnia
Species:
A. oreas
Binomial name
Araschnia oreas
Leech, [1892] [1]

Description from Seitz
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

oreas Leech (64f) is perhaps only a seasonal form of the preceding [Araschnia davidis] , with narrower bands and lines, which have partly a yellowish tint; near the edge of the hindwing a row of blue elongate spots. The underside more brightly marked, the ground colour being almost red. West China: Wa-ssu-kow, Chow-pin-sa, Pu-tsu-fong.[2]

References
  1. Leech, [1892] Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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