Issoria

For Artemis had the epithet Issoria, see Artemis.

Issoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in the Palearctic realm, Africa, and South America.

Issoria
Baumann's mountain fritillary Issoria baumanni excelsior Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Heliconiini
Genus:	Issoria Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Rathora Moore, 1900 Kuekenthaliella Reuss, 1921 Pseudorathora Reuss, 1926 Prokuekenthaliella Reuss, 1926 Afrossoria Simonsen, 2004

Taxonomy

The South American genus Yramea is sometimes included in Issoria as a subgenus.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Issoria altissima (Elwes, 1882)
• Issoria baileyi Huang, 1998
• Issoria baumanni Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894 – Baumann's mountain fritillary
• Issoria eugenia (Eversmann, 1847)
• Issoria gemmata (Butler, 1881)
• Issoria hanningtoni Elwes, 1889 – Hannington's fritillary
• Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758) – Queen of Spain fritillary
• Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)
• Issoria smaragdifera (Butler, 1895) – African queen fritillary