Melitaea persea explained

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 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)^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_melitaeina.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subtribe Melitaeina