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Melitaea persea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Melitaea

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Similar
  
Melitaea arduinna, Melitaea punica, Melitaea deserticola, Melitaea arcesia, Melitaea didymoides

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)

    • References

    Melitaea persea Wikipedia
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