Checklist of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Montenegro
Franeta, Filip
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-08
4392
1
128
148
3ZKDK
Christoph, 1893
Christoph
1893
[199,580,982,1007]
Insecta
Nymphalidae
Melitaea
Animalia
Lepidoptera
13
141
Arthropoda
species
ornata
—In Montenegro, this species was first recorded by Russell (2015)who collected several specimens in the vicinity of Cetinje. The identification of the sampled specimens was based on wing morphology and genitalia dissection. An attempted breeding experiment was unsuccessful and no molecular analysis was completed, but some photos of the genitalia dissection were presented in the article written by Russell. The species was also reported from Croatia( Koren & Štih 2013), with one record close to the Montenegrin border. In addition, Toth et al.(2013) indicated that the potential distribution of M. ornataincludes also Montenegro.