Melitaea persea

Melitaea persea is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Iran and Asia Minor to Afghanistan and the western parts of the Tian Shan mountains.

Subspecies

 * Melitaea persea caucasica Staudinger, 1870
 * Melitaea persea dogsoni Grose-Smith, 1887
 * Melitaea persea paphlagonia Fruhstorfer, 1917
 * Melitaea persea montium Belter, 1934 (Syria, Lebanon, Israel)
 * Melitaea persea sargon Hemming, 1932 (central Saudi Arabia, Iraq)