Melitaea centralasiae is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Russia (eastern Altai, Sayan, Tuva, Transbaikalia, Amur, Yakutia and Magadan) and northern Mongolia.

Melitaea centralasiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. centralasiae
Binomial name
Melitaea centralasiae
(Wnukowsky, 1929)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mellicta centralasiae Wnukowsky, 1929
  • Melitaea mongolica Staudinger, 1892 (preocc.)

References edit

  1. ^ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms