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 tungana Seitz, 1909 [TL: Russian Federation , Tuva , Sajan (or Sayan) Mountains] uppersides of a male and female were figured by Seitz (plate 65, figs h 6 & 7). www.funet.fi (accessed 26.10.2020 ), however, gives a photograph (© Smirnov) of both upper and undersides of a female of this subspecies from Tuva , West of the Ujukskiy Mountains ( 1000m ), 11–20 July 2003 , from the underside of which the typical characters of M. phoebe can be seen; thus the authors consider this to be a subspecies of M. phoebe . This agrees with van Oorschot & Coutsis (2014: 60) and Russell &Tennent (2016: 55 , note 94).