Melitaea phoebe var. alatauica, Wagner, 1913

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 : 31

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scientific name	Melitaea phoebe var. alatauica
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M. phoebe var. alatauica Wagner, 1913 View in CoL

[TL: Kazakhstan, Taldi Kurgan and mountains near Issyk-Kul Lake and Ili River], name preoccupied by M. parthenie alatauica Staudinger, 1881 . The name was replaced by M. phoebe wagneri Wnukowsky, 1929 . Male specimens of this variety together with typical M. phoebe were figured by Wagner (1913: 89, figs 5 & 6), exemplifying the heavy post discal black spotting, differentiating it from typical M. phoebe . This variety is included here because Higgins (1941: 338) suggested it might be referable to M. sibina . It was noted above that Tóth & Varga (2011) were unable to separate these two species; however, the present authors accept the taxon sibina at species level.

References

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

Staudinger, O. (1881) Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna Central-Asiens. Stettin Entomologischen Zeitung, 42 (7 - 9), 193 - 215 + 253 - 300.

Toth, J. P. & Varga, Z. (2011) Inter- and intraspecific variation in the genitalia of the ' Melitaea phoebe group' (Lepidoptera. Nymphalidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 250, 258 - 268. [6 pp. of Appendix with key and figures of genitalia only present in the on-line version, www. sciencedirect. com] https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. jcz. 2011.05.002

Wagner, F. (1913) Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna des Iligebietes sowie des Sary-Dschas (Asia centr.) Entomologische Mitteilungen Berlin, 2 (5), 22 - 288.

Wnukowsky, W. (1929) Einige faunistische Angaben uber die Insekten Siberiens und des Ussuri-Gebietes. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 83 (9 / 10), 221 - 224.