Melitaea phoebe subsp. kovacsi, Varga, 1967

Russell, Peter J. C., Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. & Tennent, W. John, 2022, Reassessment of the status of some European and Asian Melitaea taxa described as subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with designations of lectotypes where appropriate (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 25-38 : 33

M. phoebe kovacsi Varga, 1967

[TL: Hungary, Budakeszi], Varga et al. (2005) placed this taxon with M. ogygia Fruhstorfer, 1908 and later Tóth & Varga (2011) placed it with M. ornata, Russell & Tennent (2016: 48 , note 45) agreed with the latter association and the current authors also agree.