Melitaea gina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Melitaeina
Genus: Melitaea
Species: Melitaea gina

Name

Melitaea gina Higgins, 1941

Type locality: Iran, Kuh Deeshk, south of Dasht-Arjan, near Shiraz, 8–10.000 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 30.V.1941. legit E.P. Wiltshire. NHMUK 014185075.

References

Primary references

• Higgins, L.G. 1941. An illustrated catalogue of the Palearctic Melitaea (Lep. Rhopalocera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 91: 175-365. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kolesnichenko, K.A., Kotlobay, A.A. 2023. Early Stages and Notes on the Biology of Melitaea gina Higgins, 1941 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Northern Zagros Mts (Iran) with the Special Remarks on Taxonomy. Zootaxa 5369(2): 223–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.2.3. . Reference page.