?112. Melitaea riloensis Zuellich, 1936

Original combination.

" Melitaea cinxia L. var. riloensis Züllich.” Züllich, 1936 Z. Öst . Ent. Ver. 21: 27.

Current combination.

Melitaea cinxia riloensis Züllich, 1936.

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of Melitaea cinxia clarissa Staudinger.

Type material.

Syntypes 2?? (ZMH 827646-827647) (Fig. 112). "COTYPE / Mel. cinxia L. /? v. riloensis / Z. d. Ö . Ent. V. 1936 / DR. ZÜLLICH, WIEN" // "BULGARIEN JUNI 1923 / RYLA GEB. 1200 bis 1800 m / O. BUBACEK WIEN" // [blank label] // "ZMH 827646"; "COTYPE / Mel. cinxia L. /? v. riloensis / Z. d. Ö . Ent. V. 1936 / DR. ZÜLLICH, WIEN" // "BULGARIEN JUNI 1923 / RYLA GEB. 1200 bis 1800 m / O. BUBACEK WIEN" // [blank label] // "ZMH 827647".

Type locality.

Bulgaria: "auf dem Steilhang östlich des Riloklosters in einer Höhe von etwa 1200 m." [at a steep slope east of the Rilo monastry at an altitude of about 1200 m]. 1901.

Remarks.

Züllich (1936) proposed this name as a “var.” of M. cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758). According to article 45.6.4 (ICZN 1999), it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the term “var.” .