''Polygonia interposita'' is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found from Ghissar to the
Altai Mountains
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, north-western
China
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, the
Himalayas and
Mongolia. The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters above sea level.
Adults are on wing from March to October in two generations per year.
Russian Insects
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Subspecies
*''Polygonia interposita interposita'' (Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai)
*''Polygonia interposita adya'' Churkin, 2003 (Mongolia)
*''Polygonia interposita tibetana'' Elwes, 1888 (north-western China)
References
Nymphalini
Butterflies described in 1881
Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
Butterflies of Asia
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