Melitaea persea

Short description: Species of butterfly

Melitaea persea

Scientific 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

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.

## 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

Wikidata ☰ Q6812942 entry

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