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Melitaea Bellona
''Melitaea'' is a genus of brush-footed butterflies (family (biology), family Nymphalidae). They are here placed in the tribe (biology), tribe Melitaeini of subfamily Nymphalinae; some authors elevate this tribe to subfamily rank. As delimited here, ''Melitaea'' includes the genus ''Mellicta'', making the subtribe Melitaeina monotypic (but see below). For long, it was believed that ''Mellicta'' was a junior objective synonym of ''Melitaea'', sharing the same type species (the Glanville fritillary, ''M. cinxia''). This was in error, however; the type species of ''Mellicta'' is actually the heath fritillary (''M. athalia''), making the two taxa junior subjective synonyms and thus eligible to be separated again. However, several other taxa are in fact objective synonyms (or at least have type specimens belonging to the same biological species) of ''Melitaea'' and ''Mellicta'' – ''Schoenis'' and the junior homonym, preoccupied ''Lucina'' and ''Melinaea'' for the former, ''Athaliae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melitaea Arcesia
''Melitaea arcesia'', the blackvein fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Siberia and Transbaikalia to the Amur region, Mongolia and China. The habitat consists of steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the temperate grasslands, ...-clad slopes. Adults are on wing from June to August. Subspecies *''Melitaea arcesia arcesia'' (Transbaikalia) *''Melitaea arcesia minor'' Elwes, 1899 (Altai) *''Melitaea arcesia chuana'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1893 *''Melitaea arcesia sikkimensis'' Moore, 1901 (India) *''Melitaea arcesia carmana'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Sayan) *''Melitaea arcesia rucephala'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Tian Shan Mountains) References Butterflies described in 1861 Melitaea Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Otto Vasilievich Bremer {{Nymphalinae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
