Melitaea acentria

Short description: Species of butterfly

Melitaea acentria

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Melitaea
Species:  |

M. acentria

Binomial name
Melitaea acentria

Lukhtanov, 2017

Melitaea acentria is a butterfly was discovered in 2017[1] by evolutionary biologist-entomologist Vladimir Lukhtanov[2] over Mount Hermon ski resort, northern Israel.[3] When it was first seen in 2012 it was incorrectly believed that it belonged to the Persian fritillary (Melitaea persea) species[4] due to its similar appearance. Once the internal anatomy and DNA was researched, this was discounted as it had the Acentria's fritillary DNA, different genitalia and a unique molecular signature. It is more than 1.5 million years old and is Israel’s first newly-discovered butterfly species in over a century.[5] Its natural habitat is northern Israel, Syria and Lebanon.[6] It is among a very few butterflies that has resulted from hybridisation between two other species in the past.[7]

## References

1. ↑ "New butterfly species discovered in Israel for the first time in 109 years". https://phys.org/news/2017-05-butterfly-species-israel-years.html.
2. ↑ "This beautiful butterfly species took a million years to be discovered" (in en). https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/nature/butterfly-new-species-israel-mount-hermon.
3. ↑ "New butterfly species discovered in Israel for the first time in 109 years" (in en-US). Pensoft blog. 2017-05-09. https://blog.pensoft.net/2017/05/09/new-butterfly-species-discovered-in-israel-for-the-first-time-in-109-years/.
4. ↑ "Israel Butterfly Discovery: New Insect Species Found At Ski Resort". International Business Times. 2017-05-05. https://www.ibtimes.com/israel-butterfly-discovery-new-insect-species-found-ski-resort-2535475.
5. ↑ Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. (2017-05-05). "A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)" (in en). Comparative Cytogenetics 11 (2): 325–357. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370. ISSN 1993-078X. PMID 28919968. PMC 5596984. https://compcytogen.pensoft.net/article/12370/.
6. ↑ "New Species of Butterfly Discovered in Israel: Acentria's Fritillary | Biology | Sci-News.com" (in en-US). Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/acentrias-fritillary-melitaea-acentria-04859.html.
7. ↑ Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. (2017-05-05). "A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)". Comparative Cytogenetics 11 (2): 325–357. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370. ISSN 1993-0771. PMID 28919968.

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