47. Colias ab. theia Warnecke, 1912

Original combination.

" Colias aurora Esp.? ab. theia" Warnecke, 1912 Soc. Ent. 27: 68.

Current combination.

Colias heos ab. theia Warnecke, 1912.

Current status.

Infrasubspecific and hence unavailable name.

Original material.

Labelled as “Lectotype” 1? (ZMH 827609) (Fig. 47). "Kentei- / Gebirge" // " Gebr. Dörries leg.1889 / Erworb. E. coll. / Dörries sen. 1917" // "f. theia Warnecke / Die Type ist im Zool. Mus. Hamburg!" // "L. 38 / Lekto-Type / Col. aurora f. theia warn." // "Katalog Nr. / L 1750" // " Sig. G. Warnecke / Eing. Nr. 5, 1945" // "ZMH 827609" .

Original locality.

Amur [Russia].

Remarks.

Papilio aurora Esper, 1783 is a junior primary homonym of Papilio aurora Cramer, [1780]. The former is currently known as Colias heos (Herbst, 1792) and the latter is known as Colotis aurora (Cramer, [1780]). Grieshuber and Lamas (2007) provided a nomenclatural list of all available and unavailable names in the genus Colias and clearly stated that Colias aurora [ab.] theia is infrasubspecific and thus not an available name.