Biology:Melitaea ambrisia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Melitaea ambrisia
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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". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 346–361. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01208.x. http://ns340113.ip-5-196-79.eu:7080/images/3_programmes/papillons/biblio/35.pdf. Retrieved April 18, 2023. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13569800 entry