Argyronome ruslana (Motschulsky, 1866) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Argyronome ruslana (Motschulsky, 1866) (Argyronome ruslana (Motschulsky, 1866))
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Argyronome ruslana (Motschulsky, 1866)

Argyronome ruslana (Motschulsky, 1866)

Argyronome ruslana is a nymphalid butterfly found in East Asia, whose larvae feed on Viola species.

Family
Genus
Argyronome
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Argyronome ruslana (Motschulsky, 1866)

Argyronome ruslana (Motschulsky, 1866), also referred to as Argynnis ruslana, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. This species can be found in eastern China, Amurland, Korea, and Japan. The larvae of this butterfly feed on plant species from the genus Viola.

Photo: (c) Alan Broderick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alan Broderick · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Argyronome

More from Nymphalidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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