67. Zygaena (Agrumenia) sogdiana altissima Burgeff, 1914

Zygaena fraxini var. altissima Burgeff, 1914: 51.

Type material examined.

Syntypes 8♂♀ (ZMH 61552- ZMH 61559) (Fig. 67). "Alai mont. / 1905 Korb // Cotypus / altissima / Bgff // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61552"; "Alai mont. // Cotypus / sogdiana / altissima / Bgff // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61553"; "Alai mont. / 1905 Korb // Cotypus / sogdiana / altissima / Bgff // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61554"; "Alai mont. / 1905 Korb // Cotypus / sogdiana / altissima / Bgff // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61555"; "Alai mont. / 1905 Korb // Cotype f / altissima / Bgff / H.Reiss // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61556"; "Alai mont. // Cotype m / altissima / Bgff / H. Reiss // v. altissima / Bgff // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61557"; "Alai mont. / 1905 Korb // Cotypus / altissima / Bgff // Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61558"; "Alai mont. / 1905 Korb // Cotypus / sogdiana / altissima / Bgff // Coll Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960 // ZMH 61559".

Type locality.

'Trans-Alaikette, Ak-Bassegha, in einer Höhe von 2000 m’ [TransAlai near Tajikistan border].

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Remarks.

Burgeff (1914) proposed this name as a variation of Z. fraxini Ménétriés, 1832 from Tajikistan. According to Article 45.6.4., it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the terms “variety” . The taxon Zygaena altissima Burgeff, 1914 has been transferred to Zygaena ransalp Erschoff, 1874. The current combination is Z. ransalp Zygaena altissima Burgeff, 1914 (Hofmann and Tremewan 1996).