Localities from where specimens of the M. persea group were collected for molecular studies. 1 M. acentria, haplogroup A 2 M. acentria, haplogroup P2 3 M. persea, haplogroup P2 4 M. persea persea, haplogroup P1 5 M. persea paphlagonia, haplogroup P3 6 M. higginsi, haplogroup H.

 
 
  Part of: Lukhtanov VA (2017) 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. https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370