Melitaea ambrisia

Melitaea ambrisia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. ambrisia
Binomial name
Melitaea ambrisia
Higgins, 1935[1]
Synonyms
  • Didymaeformia ambrisia (Higgins, 1935)

Melitaea ambrisia is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in a restricted area of the mountain ranges of Central Asia.[2] The habitat consists of flowering meadows, forest edges and clearings.

Subspecies

  • Melitaea ambrisia alraschid
  • Melitaea ambrisia ambrisia

References

  1. ^ "Melitaea ambrisia, 1935" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Leneveu, J; Chichvarkhin, A (2009). "Varying rates of diversification in the genus Melitaea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the past 20 million years" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 97 (2): 346–361. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01208.x. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
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