Melitaea phoebe subsp. enoch, Higgins, 1941

Russell, Peter J. C., Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. & Tennent, W. John, 2022, Reassessment of the status of some European and Asian Melitaea taxa described as subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with designations of lectotypes where appropriate (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 25-38 : 33

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6580847
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scientific name	Melitaea phoebe subsp. enoch
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M. phoebe enoch Higgins, 1941 View in CoL

[TL: Askhabad, Turkmenistan] is here elevated to species status: Melitaea enoch Higgins, 1941 . The Type Locality is just across the border from north-eastern Iran where this taxon is widely distributed ( Tshikolovets et al. 2014: 319–320). The type material, present in the Natural History Museum, London, consists of a holotype male ( Figs 16A, B, C View FIGURES 13–16 ), an allotype female and four male and one female paratypes, All the specimens display the wing characters typical of M. ornata , of which it was considered previously to be a subspecies ( Tshikolovets et al. 2014: 319 and Russell & Tennent, 2016: 47, note 33).

References

Higgins, L. G. (1941) An illustrated catalogue of the Palearctic Melitaea (Lep. Rhopalocera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 91, 175 - 365. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1941. tb 01045. x

Russell, PJ. C. & Tennent, W. J. (2016) A synonymic list of names associated with western Palaearctic Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) species group taxa M. phoebe; M. punica Oberthur, 1876; M. ornata Christoph, 1893) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Nota Lepidopterologica, 39 (1), 27 - 56. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / nl. 39.5929

Tshikolovets, V. V., Naderi A. & Eckweiler, W. (2014) The butterflies of Iran and Iraq. Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic, 366 pp. + 65 colour plates.

Figures

FIGURES 13–16. 13, Lectotype of Melitaea phoebe amanica, Rebel, 1917. 14, Lectotype male of Melitaea phoebe dorae Graves, 1925. 15, Paralectotype male of Melitaea phoebe dorae Graves, 1925. 16, Holotype of Melitaea phoebe enoch Higgins, 1941. Fig. 13 © H. Bruckner. Figs 14–16 © J. Tennent.A = upperside, B = underside, C = labels on specimen pin.