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 kaschtschenkoiChristoph, 1889 Melitaea didyma magnacastaVerity, 1929 Melitaea didyma araraticaVerity, 1929 Melitaea didyma tauricusBelter, 1934 Melitaea microtauricusBelter, 1934 Melitaea hafizHiggins, 1941 Melitaea afghanaHeydemann, 1954 Melitaea dariusGross & Ebert, 1975 Melitaea pfeifferiGross & Ebert, 1975 Melitaea montiumBelter, 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 caucasicaStaudinger, 1870
• Melitaea persea dogsoniGrose-Smith, 1887
• Melitaea persea paphlagoniaFruhstorfer, 1917
• Melitaea persea montiumBelter, 1934 (Syria, Lebanon, Israel)
• Melitaea persea sargonHemming, 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