Short description: Species of butterfly
| Melitaea ambrisia
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Nymphalidae
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| Genus:
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Melitaea
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| Species:
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M. ambrisia
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| Binomial name
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Melitaea ambrisia
Higgins, 1935[1]
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| Synonyms
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- Didymaeformia ambrisia (Higgins, 1935)
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Melitaea ambrisia is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in a restricted area of the mountain ranges of Central Asia.[2] The habitat consists of flowering meadows, forest edges and clearings.
Subspecies
- Melitaea ambrisia alraschid
- Melitaea ambrisia ambrisia
References
- ↑ "Melitaea ambrisia, 1935" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Leneveu, J; Chichvarkhin, A (2009). "Varying rates of diversification in the genus Melitaea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the past 20 million years". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 346–361. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01208.x. http://ns340113.ip-5-196-79.eu:7080/images/3_programmes/papillons/biblio/35.pdf. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q13569800 entry
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