Melitaea phoebe subsp. tungusa, Herz, 1899

Russell, Peter J. C., Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. & Tennent, W. John, 2022, Reassessment of the status of some European and Asian Melitaea taxa described as subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with designations of lectotypes where appropriate (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Zootaxa 5141 (1), pp. 25-38 : 29

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scientific name	Melitaea phoebe subsp. tungusa
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M.phoebe tungusa Herz,1899 View in CoL

[TL: Russian Federation,Yakutia,River Witim];wing morphology and particularly the club shaped antenna indicate that this subspecies is referable to M. phoebe . Lukhtanov here designates a male as lectotype for the name tungusa Herz, 1899. The lectotype is shown in Figures 11A & B View FIGURES 7–11 , together with the labels ( Fig. 11C View FIGURES 7–11 ). The labels on the pin are as follows: (1) on red paper handwritten in black “ Lectotype / Melitaea Phoebe Knock / var. Tungusa Herz / V. Lukhtanov design; (2) on black-edged white paper, printed in black “Кол.[лекциЯ] Вел.[икого] Кн.[ЯЗЯ]/ НиколаЯ/ Михайловича” (translates to: Collection of Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich); (3) on white paper with a broad black surround printed in black on the upperside “Witim” and on the underside “O. Herz”; (4) on white paper (discolouring to brown) handwritten in black “1/12/7” (This means: 01 July [1888] (old style)/12 July [1888] (new style). No year is given on the data label but it can be deduced from Herz (1899: 240). This diagnosis agrees with those of Higgins (1941: 342), Korb & Bolshakov (2011: 41) and van Oorschot & Coutsis (2014: 60); not considered by Hesselbarth et al. (1995).

References

Herz, O. (1899) Reise nach Nordost-Sibirien in das Lenagebiet in den Jahren 1888 und 1889 nebst einem Verzeichnisse der dort erbeuteten Macrolepidopteren. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 11, 209 - 265.

Hesselbarth, G., van Oorschot, H. & Wagener, S. (1995) Die Tagfalter der Turkei unter Berucksichtigung der angrenzenden Lander, Sigbert Wagener, Bocholt, Germany, 1, 1 - 757, 2, 758 - 1354, 3, 1 - 847.

Higgins, L. G. (1941) An illustrated catalogue of the Palearctic Melitaea (Lep. Rhopalocera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 91, 175 - 365. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1941. tb 01045. x

Korb, S. K. & Bolshakov, L. V. (2011) A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia Supplement 2, 1 - 123. [In Russian]

Van Oorschot, H. & Coutsis, J. G. (2014) The genus Melitaea Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) Taxonomy and systematics with special reference to the male genitalia. Tshikolovets publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic, 360 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 7–11. 7, Lectotype of Melitaea phoebe sibina Alphéraky, 1881. 8, Melitaea phoebe ab. tatara Krulikovsky, 1891. 9, Lectotype of Melitaea phoebe ornata Christoph, 1893. 10, Lectotype of Melitaea phoebe uralensis Krulikovsky, 1897 (= ufensis Krulikovsky 1902). 11, Lectotype of Melitaea phoebe var. tungusa Herz, 1899. Figs 7, 9, 11 © V.A. Lukhtanov. Figs 8, 10 © expired. A = upperside, B = underside, C = labels on specimen pin.