Parnassius comitis Bryk, 1912

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?29. Parnassius comitis Bryk, 1912

Original combination.

" Parnassius mnemosyne var. comitis" Bryk, 1912 Soc. Ent. 27: 39.

Current combination.

Parnassius mnemosyne comitis Bryk, 1912.

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of nominotypical Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758).

Original material.

Labelled as “Cotypen” 1? (ZMH 824707) (Fig. 29 ). “817” // " Italia central. / Majella / 21.VII.1925 / coll. F. Dannehl " // " Italien / coll. Dr. Gelpke " // “Cotypen” // "v. majellensis Dhl. " // "v. comitis Bryk." // "Mus. Altona comm. / Eing. Nr. 3 65" // "ZMH 824707" .

Original locality.

Italy: "aus der Majella Gruppe".

Remarks.

Bryk (1912) proposed this name as a variety of P. mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758). According to article 45.6.4 ( ICZN 1999), it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the terms “variety” or “form”. The year on the specimen label (1925) indicates specimen was collected 13 years after description (1912) from the same location (i.e., Majella Mountains, Italy) the original holotype material was collected. As a result, the label of the specimen treated as “Cotypen” is erroneous. The specimen collected from the same geographical location from which the type specimen was collected is called topotype. According to ICZN (1999), a topotype has no formal standing and is not regulated by the Code. Therefore, this specimen is erroneously labelled as type, should be annotated as "Not a Type" and is treated here as “Non-type” specimen.

Figures

Plate 5. 25. Parnassius inopinatus Kotzsch, 1940; 26. Parnassius imperator gigas Kotzsch, 1932; 27. Parnassius mnemosyne clorinda Kolar & Querci, 1937; 28. Parnassius mnemosyne rjabovi Sheljuzhko, 1935; 29. Parnassius mnemosyne comitis Bryk, 1912; 30. Parnassius mnemosyne gigantea Staudinger, 1886. a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.