Melitaea persea

Melitaea persea is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Iran and Asia Minor to Afghanistan and the western parts of the Tian Shan mountains.

Subspecies

• Melitaea persea caucasica <small>Staudinger, 1870</small>
• Melitaea persea dogsoni <small>Grose-Smith, 1887</small>
• Melitaea persea paphlagonia <small>Fruhstorfer, 1917</small>
• Melitaea persea sargon <small>Hemming, 1932</small> (central Saudi Arabia, Iraq)

For former Melitaea persea montium <small>Belter, 1934</small> (Syria, Lebanon, Israel) see Melitaea acentria Lukhtanov, 2017

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