Melitaea persea
Melitaea persea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Melitaea |
Species: | M. persea |
Binomial name | |
Melitaea persea Kollar, [1850][1] | |
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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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