Melitaea solona is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Tian Shan mountains, Tibet, Alai and Trans-Alay regions.

Melitaea solona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. solona
Binomial name
Melitaea solona

Subspecies edit

  • Melitaea solona solona (eastern Tian Shan, western Tibet)
  • Melitaea solona filipjevi Churkin, Kolesnichenko & Tuzov, 2000 (northern Tian Shan: Zailiisky Alatau Mountains)
  • Melitaea solona plyushchi Churkin, Kolesnichenko & Tuzov, 2000 (central Tian Shan: Sary-Dzhaz, Kokshaal-Tau)
  • Melitaea solona pletnevi Churkin, Kolesnichenko & Tuzov, 2000 (eastern Alai, Inner Tian Shan)
  • Melitaea solona evadne Hemming, 1934 (eastern Transalai)

References edit

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