Argynnis zenobia is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Amur, Ussuri, China, Tibet) that belongs to the browns family.

Shape and upperside almost exactly as in paphia; fiery reddish yellow, the male with black scent-streaks on the two median branches.

The underside as in childreni, but the silverbands anastomose in several places.

the male has 3 scent-streaks instead of 2 on the forewing, and the female is shaded with dull greyish green nearly as in the valesina-female of paphia.

— The butterflies are on the wing in June and July, not being rare in the south and west of the distribution-area, but very rare in the northern districts, on the Ussuri (Doerries).