Indian fritillary (Argynnis hyperbius) Description
English: Indian Fritillary
日本語: ツマグロヒョウモンチョウ 背部
Date 1 September 2008
Author masaki ikeda
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Argyreus_hyperbius_sep01sai.jpg
Argynnis hyperbius, the Indian fritillary, is a butterfly of the nymphalid or brush-footed butterfly family. The Himalayas, in the outer ranges from Campbellpur in the Punjab to Sikhim; Oudh; Agra; Manbhum in Bengal; Assam, the Khasi Hills; Upper Burma; extending to China and Formosa; Sumatra; Java. Can also be found in southern Japan.
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Argynnis
Species: Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms:
Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus 1763
Argyreus hyperbius
Papilio niphe Linnaeus, 1767
Papilio argyrius Linnaeus, 1768
Papilio tigris Jung, 1792
Argynnis tephania Godart, 1819
Argynnis aruna Moore, [1858]
Argynnis hybrida Evans, 1912
Argynnis montorum Joicey & Talbot, 1926
Argynnis (Dryas) castetsoides Reuss, 1926
Argynnis coomani Le Cerf, 1933
Argynnis castetsi Oberthür, 1891
Argynnis niphe javanica Oberthür, 1889
Argynnis inconstans Butler, 1873