Published as part of Russell, Peter J. C., Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. & Tennent, W. John, 2022, 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), pp. 25-38 in Zootaxa 5141 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6577627

M. ornata adversaria Korb, Stradomsky & Kuznetsov, 2015 [TL: Kirghizia, Kirghiz Mts., Ala-Too settlement vicinity, 1100–1200 m] is figured upperside and underside by the authorities (Korb et al. 2015: plate 1 figs 3 & 4). From the photographs of the holotype (Figs 19 A, B, C) it is clear that the specimens figured show the distinguishing characters of the wings and antennae of M. ornata and not of M. phoebe.