Paralasa chitralica
| Paralasa chitralica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Paralasa |
| Species: | P. chitralica |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralasa chitralica Evans, 1923 | |
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Paralasa chitralica, the Chitral argus, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Chitral. It was described by William Harry Evans in 1923.[1]
Description
This species is close to and was once considered a subspecies of Paralasa kalinda. It is differentiated from kalinda by not having a tawny patch on the upperside forewing and having an unpupiled forewing ocellus.[1]
Subspecies
This species has two subspecies-
- Paralasa chitralica chitralica Chitral
- Paralasa chitralica pamira Pamir Mountains[2]
References
- 1 2 Bombay Natural History Society (1886). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Smithsonian Libraries. Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society.
- ↑ Tuzov, Vasilij Konstantinovič, ed. (1997). Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) / [Editor-in-chief: Vasily K. Tuzov ]. Sofia: Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-018-3.