Review of the fritillary species systematically close to Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with analysis of their geographic distribution and interrelations with host plants

Review of the fritillary species systematically close to Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with analysis of their geographic distribution and interrelations with host plants

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This review considers a fascinating, from a zoogeographical viewpoint, group of closely related species: Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932, M.timandra Coutsis & van Oorschot, 2014, M.mimetica Higgins, 1940 stat.

rev.and M.shahvarica sp.

nov.It Dryer Door Cover is a taxonomical and geographical review of these species, and data on the biology of M.shahvarica sp.

nov.and nominate subspecies of M.timandra are discussed.

A new 113 species, M.shahvarica sp.nov.

from Shahvar Mt.(Iran), and a new subspecies, M.timandra binaludica subsp.

nov.from Kuh-e-Binalud Mts (Iran), are described.The specific structure of the group given in previous publications is critically evaluated.

Hypotheses about a possible phylogenesis of the study group are provided.