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Melitaea arduinna subsp. rhodopensis Freyer 1836

Description

M. arduinna rhodopensis Freyer, 1836

, TL: ‘europäischen Türkei’, (precise location undetermined but nomenclature suggests the Rhodope Mountains, Greece / Bulgaria);

similar in wingspan to evanescens, males 41–45mm, females 44–49mm, ground colour dark as in the nominotypical form with heavy black markings on both fore and hindwings, melanic females common (Figs 13, 14).

Notes

Published as part of Russell, Peter J. C. & Lukhtanov, Vladimir A., 2018, To which species should the name heynei Rühl, [1893] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) be referred?, pp. 81-94 in Zootaxa 4531 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3713990

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References

  • Freyer (1836) Neuere Beitrage zur Geschichte Europaischer Schmetterlinge. 3 (3). Beim Verfasser Lit. H., Augsburg, pl. 193, fig. 1.