Issoria

Issoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in the Palearctic realm, Africa, and South America.

Issoria
Baumann's mountain fritillary
Issoria baumanni excelsior
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Argynnini
Genus: Issoria
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Rathora Moore, 1900
  • Kuekenthaliella Reuss, 1921
  • Pseudorathora Reuss, 1926
  • Prokuekenthaliella Reuss, 1926
  • Afrossoria Simonsen, 2004

Taxonomy

The South American genus Yramea is sometimes included in Issoria as a subgenus.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

References

  1. "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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