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Melitaea acentria
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Melitaea
Species:
M. acentria
Binomial name
Melitaea acentria
Lukhtanov, 2017
Melitaea acentria is a butterfly was discovered in 2017[1] by evolutionary biologist-entomologist Vladimir Lukhtanov[2] over Mount Hermon ski resort, northern Israel.[3] When it was first seen in 2012 it was incorrectly believed that it belonged to the Persian fritillary (Melitaea persea) species[4] due to its similar appearance. Once the internal anatomy and DNA was researched, this was discounted as it had the Acentria's fritillary DNA, different genitalia and a unique molecular signature. It is more than 1.5 million years old and is Israel’s first newly-discovered butterfly species in over a century.[5] Its natural habitat is northern Israel, Syria and Lebanon.[6] It is among a very few butterflies that has resulted from hybridisation between two other species in the past.[7]
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^Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. (2017-05-05). "A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)". Comparative Cytogenetics. 11 (2): 325–357. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370. ISSN 1993-078X. PMC 5596984. PMID 28919968.
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^Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. (2017-05-05). "A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)". Comparative Cytogenetics. 11 (2): 325–357. doi:10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370. ISSN 1993-0771. PMC 5596984. PMID 28919968.
Melitaeaacentria is a butterfly was discovered in 2017 by evolutionary biologist-entomologist Vladimir Lukhtanov over Mount Hermon ski resort, northern...
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