71. Chrysophanus ab. alba Schoenfeld, 1924

Original combination.

" Chrysophanus virgaureae L.-?, alba m., nov. ab." Schoenfeld, 1924 Int. Ent. Z. 18: 40.

Current combination.

Lycaena virgaureae ab. alba (Schoenfeld, 1924).

Current status.

Infrasubspecific and hence unavailable name.

Original material.

Labelled as “Type” 1? (ZMH 827586) (Fig. 71). "Bayern / Mitterteich / 24.VIII.1923 / Schönfeld” // [blank label] // " Type / Chr. virgaureae L. / ab. alba Schönfeld / I. E. Z. Guben 18. Jahrg / 1924. Nr 6. P. 40 / [illegible]" // "ZMH 827586" .

Original locality.

Germany: Bavaria.

Remarks.

Schoenfeld (1924) proposed this name as an aberration of C. virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758), therefore, as stated by article 45.6.2 (ICZN 1999) it is deemed to be an infrasubspecific name (the author used “aberration”, “ab.”) and is hence unavailable.