Biology:Childrena

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Childrena
Childrena childreni.jpg
Childrena childreni
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Argynnini
Genus: Childrena
Hemming, 1943 [1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Eudryas Reuss, 1926 (preocc. Boisduval, [1836], Harris, 1841, Fitzinger, 1843, Gistl, 1848)

Childrena is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, closely related to Argynnis and sometimes included in that genus), found in Asia.[2]

The genus contains two species

  • Childrena childreni (Gray, 1831) North India, Assam, Nepal,Upper Burma, the Himalayas, North Burma, West China, Central China and Hong Kong
  • Childrena zenobia (Leech, 1890) China, Tibet, South Ussuri

References

  1. Hemming, 1943 Notes on the generic nomenclature of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera II Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 12 : 23-30
  2. Funet


Wikidata ☰ Q13846227 entry