Male genitalia of Melitaea persea persea (sample 25450_C06, Azerbaijan, Talysh), M. acentria sp. n. (holotype, sample 17949_A06, Israel, Mt. Hermon) and M. didyma liliputana (sample 17698_E10 Israel, Mt. Hermon) (aedeagus is not shown; branches of saccus are indicated by arrows). a M. persea persea, dorsal view b M. persea persea, ventral view c M. acentria sp. n., dorsal view d M. acentria sp. n., ventral view e M. didyma liliputana, dorsal view f M. didyma liliputana, ventral view.

 
 
  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