Karanasa leechi

Karanasa leechi is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Asia, including the Darvaz Range in the Pamirs and the Hindu Kush.

Karanasa leechi
K. leechi intermedius from Kyrgyzstan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Karanasa
Species:	K. leechi
Binomial name
Karanasa leechi (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Satyrus leechi Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 Satyrus intermedius Grum-Grshimailo, 1890

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)
• Karanasa leechi erubescens Avinoff & Sweadner, 1951 (Peter I Mountains)
• 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

1. "Karanasa Moore, 1893" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms