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

M. phoebe enoch Higgins, 1941

[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 ), 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).

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.