Argynnis zenobia

Argynnis zenobia is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Amur, Ussuri, China, Tibet) that belongs to the browns family.

Argynnis zenobia
Argynnis zenobia in Seitz 71a
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Argynnis
Species:	A. zenobia
Binomial name
Argynnis zenobia Leech, 1890[1]
Synonyms
Childrena zenobia Argynnis penelope Staudinger, [1892]

Subspecies

• A. z. zenobia China, Tibet
• A. z. penelope (Staudinger, [1892]) South Ussuri

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

zenobia Leech (71a). Smaller than the previous species [A.childreni], particularly the hindwing less large. Shape and upperside almost exactly as in paphia; fiery reddish yellow, the male with black scent-streaks on the two median branches. The underside as in childreni, but the silverbands anastomose in several places. In North and West China and Tibet. — In penelope Stgr. the male has 3 scent-streaks instead of 2 on the forewing, and the female is shaded with dull greyish green nearly as in the valesina-female of paphia. On the Sutchou, in Amurland and North China. — The butterflies are on the wing in June and July, not being rare in the south and west of the distribution-area, but very rare in the northern districts, on the Ussuri (Doerries).^[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Viola variegata.

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia