Melitaea persea is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Iran and Asia Minor to Afghanistan and the western parts of the Tian Shan mountains. Subspecies Melitaea persea caucasica Staudinger, 1870 Melitaea persea dogsoni Grose-Smith, 1887 Melitaea persea paphlagonia Fruhstorfer, 1917 Melitaea persea montium Belter, 1934 (Syria, Lebanon, Israel) Melitaea persea sargon Hemming, 1932 (central Saudi Arabia, Iraq) References Butterflies described in 1850 Melitaea Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Vincenz Kollar