Melitaea phoebe subsp. telona, Fruhstorfer, 1908

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 : 30

M. phoebe telona Fruhstorfer, 1908

[TL: ‘Palastina’ – generally accepted as environs of Jerusalem, Israel]; this taxon has been elevated fairly recently to specific status by Tóth et al. (2014), van Oorschot & Coutsis (2014) and confirmed recently by Tóth et al. (2017). There is considerable confusion between authors regarding Fruhstorfer’s type material; this is being actively investigated and the results will be published separately in due course.