Melitaea persea

Melitaea persea

Scientific classification
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

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

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

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