Polygonia undina

Polygonia undina is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae first described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found from Ghissar-Darvaz to the Pamirs-Alai and Tian-Shan in north-western China and the Himalayas.^[1]

Polygonia undina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Polygonia
Species:	P. undina
Binomial name
Polygonia undina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Synonyms
Vanessa egea undina Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 Nymphalis undina

Taxonomy

It was originally treated as a subspecies of Polygonia egea, but phylogenetic analysis with genetic data indicated that it deserves species status.^[2][3]