Colias balcanica Zuellich , 1936

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publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.63435

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:984E15D8-80E0-4B7D-A84F-92BB0AD4EA73

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/816CC8DC-ECDC-59D3-BCED-12C3252897D3

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scientific name

Colias balcanica Zuellich , 1936
status

 

?115. Colias balcanica Zuellich, 1936

Original combination.

" Melitaea trivia Schiff. var. balcanica Züllich.” Züllich, 1936 Z. Öst. Ent. Ver. 21: 27.

Current combination.

Melitaea trivia balcanica Züllich, 1936.

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of Melitaea trivia lathon Fruhstorfer, 1917.

Type material.

Syntypes 2?? (ZMH 827663-827664) (Fig. 115 View Plate 16 ). "BULGARIEN JUNI 1928 / RYLA GEB. 1200 bis 1800 m / O. BUBACEK" // [blank label] // "COTYPE / Mel. trivia / ? v. Colias balcanica / Z. d. Ö. Ent. V. 1936 / DR. ZÜLLICH, WIEN" // "ZMH 827663"; "BULGARIEN JUNI 1928 / RYLA GEB. 1200 bis 1800 m / O. BUBACEK" // [blank label] // "COTYPE / Mel. trivia / ? v. Colias balcanica / Z. d. Ö. Ent. V. 1936 / DR. ZÜLLICH, WIEN" // "ZMH 827664".

Type locality.

Bulgaria: "in den gebirgigen Teilen der zentralen und östlichen Balkanhalbinsel (Krain, Bosnien, Herzegowina etc.)". [in the mountainous parts of the central and eastern Balkan peninsula].

Remarks.

Züllich (1936) proposed this name as a variety of M. trivia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775). According to article 45.6.4 ( ICZN 1999), it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the term “var.”.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

Genus

Colias