Melitaea ambrisia
| Melitaea ambrisia | |
|---|---|
 
 | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Nymphalidae | 
| Genus: | Melitaea | 
| Species: | M. ambrisia 
 | 
| Binomial name | |
| Melitaea ambrisia Higgins, 1935[1] 
 | |
| Synonyms | |
  | |
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
- ^ "Melitaea ambrisia, 1935" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
 - ^ Leneveu, J; Chichvarkhin, A (2009). "Varying rates of diversification in the genus Melitaea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the past 20 million years" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 97 (2): 346–361. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01208.x. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
 
