Euphydryas asiatica

Euphydryas asiatica is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family.

Subspecies

• Euphydryas asiatica asiatica; Turkestan, Tarbagatai, Saur, Dzhungarsky Alatau
• Euphydryas asiatica alexandrina (Staudinger, 1887); Tian-Shan
• Euphydryas asiatica narina (Oberthür, 1909); Inner Tian-Shan

Taxonomy

Euphydryas asiatica is in the subgenus Eurodryas. The clade members are:

• Euphydryas aurinia <small>(Rottemburg, 1775)</small>
• Euphydryas provincialis <small>(Boisduval, 1828)</small>
• Euphydryas orientalis <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)</small>
• Euphydryas asiatica <small>(Staudinger, 1881)</small>
• Euphydryas sibirica <small>(Staudinger, 1871)</small>
• Euphydryas laeta <small>(Christoph, 1893)</small>
• Euphydryas desfontainii <small>(Godart, 1819)</small>

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