''Ameles persa'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
praying mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They ha ...
found in Afghanistan and Iran. ''Ameles crassinervis'', which was previously thought to be a separate species, was synonymised in 2011.
References
persa
Mantodea of Asia
Insects of Afghanistan
Insects of Iran
Insects described in 1911
Taxa named by Ignacio Bolívar
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