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:"Araschnia Hübner, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms 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
Further reading "Le genre Araschnia" in French Wikipedia provides distribution information
External links
Images representing Araschnia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Images representing Araschnia at Encyclopedia of Life