title: Iris polystictica
text: # Iris polystictica
  
  Iris polystictica is a species of praying mantis found in Central Asia, Caucasus, southeastern Ukraine, southern Siberia, China, and Mongolia. It is the only species of the mantis genus Iris that is found in Russia.
  
  ## Description
  
  About 28-49mm in length.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Iris polystictica polystictica (Fischer-Waldheim, 1846) Afghanistan, China, Iran, Tadschikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Turkestan
  * Iris polystictica mongolica (Sjostedt, 1932) Mongolia, China
  * Iris polystictica shahdarinica (Lindt, 1963) Tadschikistan
  * Iris polystictica shugnanica (Lindt, 1963) Tadschikistan
  