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Melitaea phoebe var. uralensis Krulikovsky 1897

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Oakmeadow, Wessex Avenue, East Wittering, West Sussex PO 20 8 NP, U. K.
  • 2. Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  • 3. Scientific Associate, Division of Insects, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, U. K. & Honorary Associate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX 1 3 PW, U. K

Description

M. phoebe var. uralensis Krulikovsky, 1897

[TL: District of Ufa, Russian Federation] a name subsequently replaced by M. phoebe ufensis Krulikovsky, 1902 (uralensis preoccupied by M. arduinna uralensis Eversmann, 1844). Higgins (1941: 343) equated this name to ornata Staudinger (an error of authority). This synonymy with M. ornata was accepted by Russell & Tennent (2016: 56, note 98); however, van Oorschot & Coutsis (2014: 60) placed it as a synonym of M. phoebe, possibly because they incorrectly synonymised M. ornata with M. phoebe; Hesselbarth et al. (1995) overlooked this name. It is known that both M. phoebe and M. ornata fly in the southern Urals (Russell & Tennent (2022), see Figs 1 & 2). Anikin et al. (2017: 522) and Kostjuk & Zolotuhin (2017: 446 & plate 24, fig 4) figured the ‘Typus’, a specimen taken at Ufa on 10 June 1894 (= 24 June in today’s Gregorian calendar, not adopted in Russia until February 1918), which they designated as the lectotype. The specimen is figured here with the labels (Figures 10A & B). From the underside of the specimen it can be seen that the submarginal black arches are slim and touch the intervening veins and the antenna are club-shaped rather than spatulate; thus the present authors consider that this specimen is M. phoebe rather than M. ornata. Krulikovsky probably considered this to be a variety due to its heavily marked and dark appearance.

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 25-38 in Zootaxa 5141 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6577627

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Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6577631 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6577635 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.2 (DOI)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/DB6B87B0FFFBFFE5E1FD0649FDF8F81E (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/195626716 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/56757/taxon/DB6B87B0FFFBFFE5E1FD0649FDF8F81E.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Krulikovsky
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Melitaea
Species
uralensis
Taxon rank
variety
Taxonomic concept label
Melitaea phoebe var. uralensis Krulikovsky, 1897 sec. Russell, Lukhtanov & Tennent, 2022

References

  • Krulikovsky, A. (1897) Notes on the fauna Macrolepidoptera of the area of the city of Ufa. Metrialy k Pooznaniyu Fauny i Flory Rossiiskoi Imperialis, Otdel Zoologicheskij, 3, 315 - 328. [In Russian]
  • Krulikovsky, A. (1902) On the fauna of Lepidoptera of the Yaroslavl Province. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 35, 535 - 560. [In Russian]
  • Eversmann, E. F. (1844) Fauna lepidopterologica Volgo-Uralensis. Exhibens. Lepidopterorum species quar per quinque annos in provinciis Volgam fluvium inter et montes Uralenses sitis observavit et descripsit. Typis Universitatis, Casani, 633 рp.
  • 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
  • Russell, PJ. C. & Tennent, W. J. (2016) A synonymic list of names associated with western Palaearctic Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) species group taxa M. phoebe; M. punica Oberthur, 1876; M. ornata Christoph, 1893) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Nota Lepidopterologica, 39 (1), 27 - 56. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / nl. 39.5929
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Russell, P. J. C. & Tennent, W. J. (2022) Butterflies observed on the western (European) slopes of the southern Ural Mountains during three spring visits in 2011, 2012 and 2014 (Lepidoptera Papilionoidea). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 80: 199 - 212. [including 8 colour plates]
  • Kostjuk I. Y. & Zolotuhin V. V. (2017) The types of moths and butterflies described from the Volga-Ural Region by Leonid Krulikowsky (Krulikovsky). Part 2. Macrolepidoptera. In: Anikin V. V., Sachkov S. A., Zolotuhin, V. V. (Eds.), Fauna lepidopterologica Volgo-Uralensis: from P. Pallas to present days. Munich-Vilnius. Proceedings of the Museum Witt. Munich, 7, 443 - 450, 586 - 593.