Araschnia
Encyclopedia
Araschnia is a genus is the Nymphalidae
family found in Asia
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Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
family found in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Species
- Araschnia burejanaAraschnia burejanaThe Large Map is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Tibet, China, the Amur and Ussuri regions of Russia, Korea and Japan.It occurs in mixed forest up to 1,300 meters...
(Bremer, 1861) - Araschnia davidis Poujade, 1885
- Araschnia dohertyiAraschnia dohertyiAraschnia dohertyi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family found in parts of Asia, including northern Burma and China ....
Moore, 1899 - Araschnia doris Leech, 1893
- Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) – Map (butterfly)
- Araschnia oreas Leech, 1892
- Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871) – Mongol (butterfly)
- Araschnia zhangi Chou, 1994