''Polygonia interposita'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found from Ghissar to the Altai Mountains, north-western China, the

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s and

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

. The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters above sea level. Adults are on wing from March to October in two generations per year.Russian Insects
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Subspecies

*''Polygonia interposita interposita'' (Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai) *''Polygonia interposita adya'' Churkin, 2003 (Mongolia) *''Polygonia interposita tibetana'' Elwes, 1888 (north-western China)

References

Nymphalini Butterflies described in 1881 Taxa named by Otto Staudinger Butterflies of Asia {{Nymphalinae-stub