Mellicta distans

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: Mellicta
Species: Mellicta distans

Name

Mellicta distans (Higgins, 1955)

Type locality: Tekkes Valley (approximately 43ºN. lat. 80ºEast) in the north-western Tian-Shan.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Mellicta aurelia distans Higgins, 1955: 358 (original combination)
• Mellicta distans (Higgins): Kovalenko, Kolesnichenko & Kudryavtseva, 2020: 358 stat. n.

References

Additional references

• Kovalenko, M.G., Kolesnichenko, K.A. & Kudryavtseva, A.A. 2020. Revealing the specific status of Mellicta distans Higgins, 1955, stat. n. (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) with morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa 4853(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.3.2. . Reference page.