Melanargia russiae

male

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: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Melanargiina
Genus: Melanargia
Subgenus: Melanargia (Melanargia)
Species: Melanargia russiae
Subspecies: M. r. cleanthe – M. r. japygia – M. r. russiae

Name

Melanargia (Melanargia) russiae (Esper, 1793)

Synonyms

• Papilio russiae Esper, 1793
• Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1793)
• Melanargia varalauko S.K. Korb, 2005 (synonymized by Bolshakov, 2007: 75)

References

• Bálint, Z., Katona, G. 2013. Notes on the Hungarian populations of Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1783) extinct since a hundred years (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 105: 179–198. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bolshakov, L.V. 2007. Notes on some controversial taxa of Lepidoptera from European Russia, with critical remarks about "A catalogue of butterflies of the ex-USSR, with remarks on systematics and nomenclature" by. S.K. Korb. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 3(1): 75–80. Abstract (PDF).
• Nazari, V., ten Hagen, W. & Bozano, G.C. 2010. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of the 'Marbled Whites' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Melanargia Meigen). Systematic Entomology 35(1): 132–147. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00493.x . Reference page. 

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