''Karanasa leechi'' is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Asia, including the
Darvaz Range
The Darvaz Range or Darvoz Range ( tg, пуштаи Дарвоз) is a mountain range in the Western Pamirs, in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. Its name derives from the historical region of Darvaz. ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia''
...
in the
Pamirs and the
Hindu Kush.
The habitat consists of
xerophytic slopes with thin vegetation at 3,500 to 4,700 meters above sea level.
Adults are on wing from July to August.
Subspecies
*''Karanasa leechi leechi'' (Pamirs)
*''Karanasa leechi intermedius''
Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 (
Zaalaisky Mountains
russian: Заалайский хребет
, etymology =
, photo = Alai Valley 1.jpg
, photo_caption = Trans-Alay Range and Alay Valley
, photo_size = 250
, country = Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
, state =
, region = Osh Province, Gorno-Badaksh ...
)
*''Karanasa leechi erubescens''
Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (
Peter I Mountains
Peter I Range, Peter the First Range or Peter the Great Range (russian: Хребет Петра I or Хребет Петра Первого) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. The range takes its name from Peter ...
)
*''Karanasa leechi alitchura''
Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (southern Pamirs)
*''Karanasa leechi centralis''
Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (eastern Pamirs)
*''Karanasa leechi gregorii''
Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (south-western
Chinese Turkestan)
*''Karanasa leechi mihmana''
Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (south-eastern Pamirs)
*''Karanasa leechi hunza''
Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (north-western India (
Hunza Valley))
References
Satyrini
Butterflies described in 1890
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo
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