Aglais rizana

Mountain tortoiseshell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Aglais
Species: A. rizana
Binomial name
Aglais rizana
(Moore, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Vanessa rizana Moore, 1872[1]
  • Nymphalis rizana[1]

Aglais rizana (mountain tortoiseshell) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.

Aglais rizana

Distribution

Pamirs to Alay Range, Afghanistan, Northwest Himalayas.

References

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