Issoria gemmata

Issoria gemmata is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic realm that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.^[2] It is found in the Indian state of Sikkim and in Tibet. It is very similar to Issoria eugenia.

Issoria gemmata
Issoria gemmata in Seitz (d,e)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Issoria
Species:	I. gemmata
Binomial name
Issoria gemmata (Butler, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
Argynnis gemmata Butler, 1881 Kuekenthaliella gemmata (Butler, 1881)