Gnishik

39°39′21′′N 45°18′00′′E / 39.65583°N 45.30000°E / 39.65583; 45.30000

Gnishik (Armenian: Գնիշիկ) is a village in the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia.

Natural habitats vary from semi-desert to mountain steppes and meadows. The vicinity of Gnishik has been considered to be a Prime Butterfly Area,^[2] where a wide variety of rare butterflies, including Papilio alexanor , Colias chlorocoma , Pseudochazara schahrudensis , Tomares romanovi , Phengaris arion , and a number of others can be observed.

Gnishik was previously a community, which included the town of Mozrov, and had a combined population of 132 in 2011.^[1]

• Rouben Abrahamian

• Church in Gnishik
  Church in Gnishik
• Khachkars in Gnishik
  Khachkars in Gnishik

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Butterfly Conservation Armenia: Gnishik PBA. http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/gnisheek.html

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