Melitaea shandura apsara

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 shandura
Subspecies: Melitaea shandura apsara

Name

Melitaea shandura apsara Wyatt, 1961

Type locality: Afghanistan, N. Badakhshan, above Kars Pass, Shiva Mts., 14.000 ft.

Holotype: LNK. male ♂. 22.-24.VII.1960.

• Status:   invalid   [transferred to Melitaea shandura pavlitzkajana]

References

Primary references

• Wyatt, C.W. 1961. Additions to the Rhopalocera of Afghanistan, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 15(1): 1–18. PDF. Reference page.