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Melitaea trivia

Melitaea trivia

Melitaea trivia ([Denis and Schiffermueller], 1775). Widespread butterfly in South Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, South Russia, Kazakhstan, North Pakistan and North India. In Bulgaria widely distributed; in mountains up to 1700 m…



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