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Issoria

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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

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

Taxonomy

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

Species

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Listed alphabetically:[1]

References

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