• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Eastern Knapweed Fritillary
  English	Jerusalem fritillary
  Français	Mélitée égéenne
  Magyar	Magyar tarkalepke
  Shqip	Lindorja
  Slovenčina	Hnedáčik panónsky
  Türkçe	Eski Cezayirli İparhan
  Русский	Шашечница изящная
  ייִדיש	נמפית ירושלים(דרדר)
  زبان_فارسی	فرچه‌پای اورشلیم

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Melitaea ogygia	Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Melitaea emipunica	Vérity, 1919
  Melitaea phoebe emipunica	Vérity, 1919
  Melitaea kovacsi	Varga, 1967
  Melitaea phoebe kovacsi	Varga, 1967

• Melitaea ornata is a member of the clade Melitaea phoebe:

• Species	Author
  Melitaea aetherie	(Hübner, [1826])
  Melitaea collina	Lederer, 1861
  Melitaea consulis	Wiltshire, 1941
  Melitaea gina	Higgins, 1941
  Melitaea kuchi	Wyatt, 1961
  Melitaea ornata	Christoph, 1893
  Melitaea phoebe	(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  Melitaea pseudornata	Muñoz Sariot & Sánchez Mesa, 2019
  Melitaea pseudosibina	Alberti, 1969
  Melitaea punica	Oberthür, 1876
  Melitaea scotosia	Butler, 1878
  Melitaea sibina	Alphéraky, 1881
  Melitaea turkmanica	(Higgins, 1940)
  Melitaea yakovlevi	Kolesnichenko, 2005

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Butterfly Conservation Armenia
  	Lepidoptera Caucasi	Валентин Тихонов
  	Lepiforum e. V.

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