Melitaea arduinna subsp. rhodopensis, Freyer, 1836

Russell, Peter J. C. & Lukhtanov, Vladimir A., 2018, To which species should the name heynei Rühl, [1893] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) be referred?, Zootaxa 4531 (1), pp. 81-94 : 90

M. arduinna rhodopensis Freyer, 1836

, TL: ‘europäischen Türkei’, (precise location undetermined but nomenclature suggests the Rhodope Mountains, Greece / Bulgaria);

similar in wingspan to evanescens, males 41–45mm, females 44–49mm, ground colour dark as in the nominotypical form with heavy black markings on both fore and hindwings, melanic females common ( Figs 13, 14 ).

Figures

FIGURES 6–14. Melitaea arduinna and M. cinxia (Scale bar = 10 mm). 6-8: M. arduinna arduinna, Russia, Orenburg Region, Krasnoznamenka, 230 m, 30 May 2011, P. Russell leg. (6: male, upperside; 7: male, underside; 8: melanic female, upperside). 9-10: M. cinxia, male, Russia, Orenburg Region, Krasnoznamenka, 230 m, 30 May 2011, P. Russell leg. (9: upperside; 10: underside). 11-12: M. arduinna evanescens, male, Tajikistan, Peter the Great Mts, Ganishou, 1900 m, 30 June 2017, V. A. Lukhtanov leg. (11: upperside; 12: underside). 13-14: M. arduinna rhodopensis, male, reared ex larvae, Serbia, Stara Planina, South of Kalna, emerged 12 June 2011, P. Russell leg. (13: upperside; 14: underside).