Issoria mackinnonii

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.

Issoria mackinnonii
Issoria mackinnonii illustration accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Issoria
Species:	I. mackinnonii
Binomial name
Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
Argynnis mackinnonii de Nicéville, 1891 Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)