Parnassius melaniticus Bang-Haas, 1915

Zahiri, Reza, Nazari, Vazrick, Rajaei, Hossein, Wiemers, Martin, Fatahi, Maryam, Seidel, Matthias, Dalsgaard, Thure & Husemann, Martin, 2021, ? An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part II. superfamily Papilionoidea, Evolutionary Systematics 5 (2), pp. 193-261 : 193

?23. Parnassius melaniticus Bang-Haas, 1915

Original combination.

" Parnassius actius melaniticus O. B.-H., nov. var.," Bang-Haas, 1915 Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 29: 174, t. 5, f. 21.

Current combination.

Parnassius actius melaniticus Bang-Haas, 1915.

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Type material.

Syntype 1? (ZMH 833442) (Fig. 23 ). “Co.Type” // "? P. actius / melaniticus " // "Kutscha mont. / Thianschan or / Juli 3500 m." // "Coll. G. Warnecke / Eing. Nr. 11, 1963" // "ZMH 833442".

Type locality.

China: "Tianschan or. mer., Kourgak Taon, Kuldscha Gebirge, nordwestlicher Karaschahr".

Remarks.

Bang-Haas (1915) proposed this name as a variety of P. actius (Eversmann, 1843). 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”.

Figures

Plate 4. 19. Parnassius autocrator ab. privatus Kotzsch, 1936; 20. Parnassius orleans lictor Bryk & Eisner, 1937; 21. Parnassius jacquemontii buddha Bryk & Eisner, 1937; 22. Parnassius bremeri amgunensis ab. tripicta Sheljuzhko, 1928; 23. Parnassius actius melaniticus Bang-Haas, 1915; 24. Parnassius charltonius wernickei Kotzsch, 1936. a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.