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
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 is a taxonomical and geographical review link of these species, and data on the biology of M.shahvarica sp.nov.