''Araschnia'' is a genus of the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
found in the East
Palearctic
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Th ...
(temperate
Asia
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). The seasonal
polyphenism
A polyphenic trait is a trait for which multiple, discrete phenotypes can arise from a single genotype as a result of differing environmental conditions. It is therefore a special case of phenotypic plasticity.
There are several types of polyphen ...
(difference between spring and summer forms) is very marked.
Species
In alphabetical order:
"''Araschnia'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* ''Araschnia burejana">819]"">"''Araschnia'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* ''Araschnia burejana'' (Bremer, 1861)
* ''Araschnia davidis'' Poujade, 1885
* ''Araschnia dohertyi'' Moore, 1899
* ''Araschnia doris'' Leech, 1893
* ''Araschnia levana'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – map
* '' Araschnia oreas'' Leech, 1892
* '' Araschnia prorsoides'' (Blanchard, 1871) – Mongol
* '' Araschnia zhangi'' Chou, 1994
References
Further reading
* "Le genre ''Araschnia''" in French Wikipedia provides distribution information
External links
Images representing ''Araschnia''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Images representing ''Araschnia''
at Encyclopedia of Life
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Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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