Published July 17, 2024 | Version v1
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Phoenicurusia transcaucasicus subsp. transcaucasicus

  • 1. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1 - 12, Moscow, 119192, Russia & Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia & Frühlingstrasse 1, 63853 Mömlingen, Germany
  • 2. National Natural History Museum & Genetic Resources, Tehran, Iran
  • 3. Frühlingstrasse 1, 63853 Mömlingen, Germany
  • 4. Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 5. Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Description

Phoenicurusia transcaucasicus transcaucasicus (Miller, 1923)

Chrysophanus phoenicurus transcaucasicus — Miller 1923: 98. TL (according the neotype): Türkei / Kars / Akçay / 1500–1700 m [Turkey, Kars Province, 6 km E Kagyzman, Akçay village, 1500–1700 m]

(= Lycaena melicertes — Nekrutenko 1985: 29, plate 1, figs. 1a–b. TL: Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Aras river valley, Nehram env.)

Material examined: 1 ♂, with labels: “Türkei/Kars / Akçay / 1500–1700 m / 22.7.77 / leg. Eckweiler” [= Turkey, Kars province, 6 km E Kagyzman, Akçay village, 1500–1700 m, 22.VII.1997, leg. Eckweiler]; “ Neotype / Athamanthia transcaucasica (Miller, 1923) / Krupitsky A.V. des., 2017” (ZMMU); 1 ♀, same locality as neotype, 22–28.VII.1976, leg. Eckweiler (ZMMU); 1 ♂, same locality, coll. W. ten Hagen; 1 ♂, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nehram env., 29.V.1982, leg. O. Gorbunov (holotype of Lycaena melicertes) (ZISP); 1 ♂, voucher VNMB1120-21, Armenia, Syunik Prov., 15 km NE Meghri, Shvanidzor vill., 38°56’06.0”N 46°22’15.6”E, 1000 m, 01.VI.2010, Yu. Shevnin leg., coll. W. ten Hagen; 3 ♂ 3♀, same locality, coll. W. ten Hagen; 10 ♂, 3 ♀, same locality, 900 m, 30.V. –12.VI. 2010, coll. W. ten Hagen; 1 ♂, voucher VNMB1122-21, Armenia, Syunik Prov., Djamaljans vill. env., 39°00’00.0”N 46°22’00.0”E, 1600 m, 27.VI.2006, M. Kalabza leg., coll. W. ten Hagen; 1 ♂, same label, coll. W. ten Hagen; 3 ♂, Armenia, Syunik prov, 15.V.2001, Shvanidzor env., leg. K. Yeranyan, coll W. ten Hagen; 2 ♂, 1♀, Armenia Megri distr., Svanidzor vill., 1000 m, 24.V.1998, leg. A. Dantchenko, coll. W. ten Hagen.

Detailed diagnosis (compared with Ph. phoenicurus and Ph. balucha) and distribution were given recently (Krupitsky 2017).

Notes

Published as part of Krupitsky, Anatoly V., Naderi, Alireza, Hagen, Wolfgang Ten, Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. & Nazari, Vazrick, 2024, New data on distribution of Phoenicurusia transcaucasicus (Miller, 1923) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) with description of a new subspecies from Iran, pp. 373-383 in Zootaxa 5481 (3) on page 375, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/12758894

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References

  • Miller, E. (1923) Lepidopteres rapportes des environs de Kagysman dans le district de Cars. Izvestiya Moskovskogo Entomologicheskogo Obschestva, 2 (2), 81 - 118. [in Russian]
  • Nekrutenko, Yu. P. (1985) New Blue Butterfly Taxa (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Transcaucasia and Middle Asia. Vestnik Zoologii, 4, 29 - 35. [in Russian with English summary]