Araschnia

Araschnia is a genus of the family Nymphalidae found in the East Palearctic (temperate Asia). The seasonal polyphenism (difference between spring and summer forms) is very marked.

Species

In alphabetical order:

• Araschnia burejana <small>(Bremer, 1861)</small>
• Araschnia davidis <small>Poujade, 1885</small>
• Araschnia dohertyi <small>Moore, 1899</small>
• Araschnia doris <small>Leech, 1893</small>
• Araschnia levana <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> – map
• Araschnia oreas <small>Leech, 1892</small>
• Araschnia prorsoides <small>(Blanchard, 1871)</small> – Mongol
• Araschnia zhangi <small>Chou, 1994</small>

References

Further reading

• "Le genre " in French Wikipedia provides distribution information

External links

• Images representing Araschnia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Images representing Araschnia at Encyclopedia of Life