Melitaea tangigharuensis

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 tangigharuensis
Subspecies: M. t. nambi – M. t. tangigharuensis

Name

Melitaea tangigharuensis de Freina, 1980

Type locality: Afghanistan, Kabul-Fluß, Tang-i-Gharu-Schlucht, 1600 m.

Holotype: coll. de Freina. male ♂. 22.-23.V.1977. legit de Freina.

References

• Eckweiler, W. 2008. Melitaea tangigharuensis de Freina, 1980 in Iran (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 29(1-2): 93–96. Reference page. 
• Freina, de J.J., 1980: Melitaea tangigharuensis n. sp., eine neue Nymphalidenart für Afghanistan nebst vergleichender betrachtung zur M. sarvistana Wiltshire, 1941 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Atalanta, 11 (1)': 11–18.
• Tóth, J.P., Bereczki, J., Varga, Z., Rota, J., Sramkó, G. & Wahlberg, N. 2014. Relationships within the Melitaea phoebe species group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): new insights from molecular and morphometric information. Systematic Entomology 39(4): 749–757. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12083 Reference page.