Argynnis pandora

Cardinal
Female underside
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Argynnis
Species:
A. pandora
Binomial name
Argynnis pandora
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Pandoriana pandora

Argynnis pandora, the cardinal, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common throughout southern Europe and is also found in northern Africa and the Middle east and then east across the Palearctic to the Tian-Shan andnorthwestern India.

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