• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  Русский	Шашечница плотина
  中文	黑蜜蛱蝶
  한국어	경원어리표범나비

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Melitaea plotina pacifica	Vérity, 1932

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Melitaea (Mellicta) plotina plotina	Bremer, 1861

• Melitaea (Mellicta) plotina is a member of the clade Melitaea athalia:

• Species	Author
  Melitaea (Mellicta) ambigua	(Ménétriés, 1859)
  Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia	(Rottemburg, 1775)
  Melitaea (Mellicta) britomartis	Assmann, 1847
  Melitaea (Mellicta) caucasogenita	Vérity, 1930
  Melitaea (Mellicta) celadussa	Frühstorfer, 1910
  Melitaea (Mellicta) deione	(Geyer, 1832)
  Melitaea (Mellicta) plotina	Bremer, 1861

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Russian insects	Ilya Osipov

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