Melitaea phoebe subsp. sarvistana, Wiltshire, 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6580849
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scientific name	Melitaea phoebe subsp. sarvistana
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M. phoebe sarvistana View in CoL

Wiltshire, 1941 [TL: Iran, Sarvistan, SE of Shiraz salt lake] has been considered a distinct species, M. sarvistana , for a number of years ( Higgins 1941: 166). For information on this Iranian endemic see Tshikolovets et al. (2014: 321–322 & plate LX: figs 13-18).

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

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

Wiltshire, E. P. (1941) New Lepidoptera from SW Iran. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 42, 472 - 474. [incl. 1 pl.]