LEPIDOPTERA

• N Y M P H A L I D A E Swainson, 1827

  • MELITAEA Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Melitaea turkmanica Higgins, 1940

Melitaea turkmanica Higgins, 1940

• TYPE LOCALITY. «Askhabad» [Kopet-Dagh. Turkmenia].

• RANGE. From NE. Turkey, Armenian Highland, Kopet-Dagh; ?Iran.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominotypical subspecies inhabits the Kopet-Dagh. In the Armenian Highland, the ssp. uedicaNekrutenko, 1975 is known to occur.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. A very local species which occurs over xero-phytous slopes in the middle part (500-1,500 m) of the range from April to early May.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Melitaea cinxia: submarginal fascia of UPH with black spots.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 2. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 2000