Reassessment of the status of some European and Asian Melitaea taxa described as subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with designations of lectotypes where appropriate (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Author Russell, Peter J. C. Oakmeadow, Wessex Avenue, East Wittering, West Sussex PO 20 8 NP, U. K. Author Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia. Author Tennent, W. John Scientific Associate, Division of Insects, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, U. K. & Honorary Associate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX 1 3 PW, U. K text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-24 5141 1 25 38 journal article 56757 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.2 f0bcd63f-20f7-438b-b72b-77d49b944722 1175-5326 6577627 F1B8B140-4A7C-4AAA-97C6-A0DAA259C8E3 M. phoebe almana Gaede, 1930 [TL: Syria , Elman Dagh], following Russell & Tennent (2016: 44 , note 14) this name is a nomen nudum . It was described by Gaede as follows: ‘a pale race from North Syria similar to telona Fruhst. ’ (Translation). Although Gaede (1930: 208) attributed the name to Rebel (undated), no description by Rebel or anyone else has been found. Hesselbarth et al . (1995: 1031) suggested that it may have been a misspelling of amanica Rebel, but Gaede treated the names separately. As far as the authors are aware there has not been any illustration of “almana” and it was not mentioned by van Oorschot & Coutsis (2014) .