Issoria mackinnonii

Issoria mackinnonii
	Issoria mackinnonii illustration accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Issoria
Species:	I. mackinnonii
Binomial name
	Issoria mackinnonii; (de Nicéville, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
	Argynnis mackinnonii de Nicéville, 1891; Kuekenthaliella mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891);

Issoria mackinnonii is a small brown-chequered-with-black (fritillary) butterfly found in the Palearctic region that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891.[2] It is found in the Nila and Baspa river valleys, the northwest Himalayas and central Nepal.

References

de Nicéville (1891). "On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 6 (3): 341-398, pl. F-G.
Savela, Markku. "Issoria mackinnonii (de Nicéville, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2019.

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