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

M. phoebe sarvistana

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).