Species of butterfly
| Issoria baumanni
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| Figure 3
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Nymphalidae
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| Genus:
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Issoria
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| Species:
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I. baumanni
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| Binomial name
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Issoria baumanni
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| Synonyms
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- Argynnis baumanni Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894
- Prokuekenthaliella baumanni
- Argynnis excelsior Butler, 1896
- Prokuekenthaliella baumanni excelsior
- Argynnis uganda Röber, 1937
- Issoria uganda
- Argynnis (Boloria) excelsior ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945
- Brenthis excelsior katangae Neave, 1910
- Prokuekenthaliella baumanni katangae
- Prokuekenthaliella baumanni orientalis
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Issoria baumanni, Baumann's mountain fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of grassland, marshy areas and forest margins at high altitudes.
The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.
Subspecies
- Issoria baumanni baumanni (Burundi)
- Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu)
- Issoria baumanni katangae (Neave, 1910) (south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Tanganika)
- Issoria baumanni orientalis Kielland, 1990 (southern highlands of Tanzania)
References
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