Melitaea (s.l.) phoebe (Goeze, 1779)

Çalişkan, Selma Seven & Bozaci, Vildan, 2015, A new form of Melitaea phoebe (Goeze, 1779) (Lepidoptera) from the Mediterranean region (Turkey), Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (4), pp. 625-629 : 626

3.4. Melitaea (s.l.) phoebe (Goeze, 1779) , new form Examined material: Adana, Cıvıklı , 31.5.2008, 1 male .

Description: There are orange spots in the eyespots of the submarginal area on the underside of the wings, which is characteristic of sp. phoebe . Black patches in the marginal area on the reverse side of the forewing are encountered in the same area but have excessively lengthened, different from normal individuals; in addition, the black patches on the periphery are almost nonexistent. Black patterns on the upper side of the forewing can only be seen in the basal, and the black strip on the periphery is similar to the one on normal individuals. The inside of the orange spots on the upper side of the hindwing are, as they are in normal individuals, empty (spotless). The postdiscal area is adorned with black flakes. Both the shape of the wings and the line patterns on the underside of the wings are characteristic of Melitaea phoebe ( Figures 1 and 2 ).

Melitaea punica telona (= M. ornata ) ( Figure 3 ), M. collina , M. didyma , M. fascelis , M. arduinna , and M. cinxia species were caught during the expedition in the East Taurus Mountains. No normal individual from the

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus and male genitalia of Melitaea phoebe. a, b: Habitus; c, d: male genitalia.

Figure 2. Habitus and male genitalia of Melitaea phoebe, new form. a, b: Habitus; c, d: male genitalia.

Figure 3. Habitus and male genitalia of Melitaea punica telona (=M. ornata). a, b: Habitus; c, d: male genitalia.