Oeneis mongolica is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1876. It is found in China, Mongolia and Korea.[1]

Oeneis mongolica
Oberthür's plate showing Chionobas mongolica as figure 6
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Oeneis
Species:
O. mongolica
Binomial name
Oeneis mongolica
(Oberthür, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Chionobas mongolica Oberthür, 1876
  • Oeneis mongolica mandschurica O. Bang-Haas, 1939
  • Oeneis mongolica var. tsingtaua Austaut, 1911
  • Oeneis nanna coreana ab. okamotonis Matsumura, 1927
  • Oeneis nanna coreana Matsumura, 1927
  • Oeneis mongolica walkyria Fixsen, 1887
  • Oeneis nanna walkyria ab. shonis Matsumura, 1927

Subspecies

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  • Oeneis mongolica mongolica (north-eastern China, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning)
  • Oeneis mongolica coreana Matsumura, 1927 (North Korea)
  • Oeneis mongolica hallasanensis Murayama, 1991 (Korea: Cheju-do Island)
  • Oeneis mongolica hoenei Gross, 1970 (northern China: Shanxi)
  • Oeneis mongolica walkyria Fixsen, 1887 (central Korea)

References

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  1. ^ "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms