Issoria mackinnonii
| Issoria mackinnonii | |
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| Issoria mackinnonii illustration accompanying the original description | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Issoria |
| Species: | I. mackinnonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)[1] | |
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Issoria mackinnonii is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic region that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891.[2] It is found in the Nila and Baspa river valleys, the northwest Himalayas and central Nepal.
References
- ^ de Nicéville (1891). "On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 6 (3): 341-398, pl. F-G.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2019.