Araschnia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Araschnia
Species: A. burejana – A. davidis – A. dohertyi – A. doris – A. levana – A. oreas – A. prorsoides
Name

Araschnia Hübner, 1819
References

Fric, Z., Konvicka, M. & Zrzavý, J. 2004. Red & black or black & white? Phylogeny of the Araschnia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and evolution of seasonal polyphenism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(2): 265–278. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2003.00681.x Open access. Reference page.
Zhang, Y.L. & Y.X. Chen, 2006: A taxonomic study on the genus Araschnia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae). Entomotaxonomia 28 (1): 49–53.

Vernacular names
日本語: サカハチチョウ属

Araschnia is a genus of the family Nymphalidae found in the East Palearctic (temperate Asia). The seasonal polyphenism (difference between spring and summer forms) is very marked.

Species

In alphabetical order:[1]

Araschnia burejana (Bremer, 1861)
Araschnia davidis Poujade, 1885
Araschnia dohertyi Moore, 1899
Araschnia doris Leech, 1893
Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758) – map
Araschnia oreas Leech, 1892
Araschnia prorsoides (Blanchard, 1871) – Mongol
Araschnia zhangi Chou, 1994

References

"Araschnia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms