Melitaea punica is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa.

Melitaea punica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. punica
Binomial name
Melitaea punica
Synonyms
  • Melitaea phoebe var. punica Oberthür, 1876
  • Melitaea phoebe amanica Rebel, 1917

Adults are on wing from June to July.

References edit

  1. ^ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms