Melitaea persea

Melitaea persea is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Iran and Asia Minor to Afghanistan and the western parts of the Tian Shan mountains.

Melitaea persea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. persea
Binomial name
Melitaea persea
Kollar, [1850][1]
Synonyms
  • Melitaea kaschtschenkoi Christoph, 1889
  • Melitaea didyma magnacasta Verity, 1929
  • Melitaea didyma araratica Verity, 1929
  • Melitaea didyma tauricus Belter, 1934
  • Melitaea microtauricus Belter, 1934
  • Melitaea hafiz Higgins, 1941
  • Melitaea afghana Heydemann, 1954
  • Melitaea darius Gross & Ebert, 1975
  • Melitaea pfeifferi Gross & Ebert, 1975
  • Melitaea montium Belter, 1934

Subspecies
  • Melitaea persea caucasica Staudinger, 1870
  • Melitaea persea dogsoni Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Melitaea persea paphlagonia Fruhstorfer, 1917
  • Melitaea persea montium Belter, 1934 (Syria, Lebanon, Israel)
  • Melitaea persea sargon Hemming, 1932 (central Saudi Arabia, Iraq)[2]

References
  1. "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Melitaeina


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