PLATE 8 in Revealing the specific status of Mellicta distans Higgins, 1955, stat. n. (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) with morphological and molecular characters

PLATE 8. Structures of male genitalia (a—valva, b—aedeagus) of M. aurelia from different localities: 1—Moscow Region, Lukhovitsy Distr.; 2—Crimea, Chatyr–Dah; 3—Vinnitsa Region, Mohyliv–Podilskyi Distr.; 4—Republic of Bashkortostan, Uchaly Distr.; 5—Orenburg Region, Buzuluk; 6—Volgograd Region, Kamyshyn Distr.; 7—Chelyabinsk Region, Chebarkul; 8—Chelyabinsk Region, Arkaim; 9—Novosibirsk Region, Karasuk Distr. The red arrow points a down–curved caudal process of the valva. The blue arrow points a straight and is directed upwards vesica.