Erebia cassioides subsp. kinoshitai, Beshkov, 1996

Abadjiev, Stanislav & Langourov, Mario, 2020, The type specimens of Papilionoidea in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 4790 (3), pp. 473-490 : 477-480

kinoshitai Beshkov, 1996

“ Erebia cassioides kinoshitai ssp. nova ” ( Beshkov 1996: 109–121, Pl. 1: Figs 1–4, 8–9 , 14–21 ). Type locality: “ Bulgaria, Central Stara Planina Mt, under Ravnetz Top, 1920 m alt.”, originally designated ( Beshkov 1996: 119).

Holotype ♂ ( Fig. 9 ) with labels: (1) printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Central Stara | Planina Mt, under | Ravnetz Top, 1920 m alt. | 08.VIII.1995, S. Beshkov | & V. Gastarov leg.”; (2) printed (on red paper) “ Holotype ♂ | Erebia | cassioides | kinoshitai | Beshkov”; (3) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 9./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov. ”; (4) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01111”;

Paratypes 16 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀ with labels:

[1 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 1./ | 15.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01115”;

[2 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01116”;

[3 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Central Stara | Plani- na Mt, under | Levski Top, | 1780 m, | 07.VIII.1995, Beshkov leg.”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 1./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01117”;

[4 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 5./ | 6.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01118”;

[5 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Central Stara | Planina Mt., under | Kupena top, 1900 m, | 19.VII.1994 Beshkov leg.”; (2) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 2./ | 15.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01119”;

[6 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 4./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01121”;

[7 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01146”;

[8 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 7./ | 06.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01150”;

[9 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 8./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01151”;

[10 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 7./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01153”;

[11 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 6./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01154”;

[12 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 3./ | 06.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01155”;

[13 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 1./ | 06.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01157”;

[14 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01158”;

[15 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01159”;

[16 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 5./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01162”;

[17 ♀] ( Fig. 10 ) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01112”;

[18 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 17./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01113”;

[19 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 16./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01114”;

[20 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01120”;

[21 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 15./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01122”;

[22 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01140”;

[23 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01141”;

[ 24 ♀] (1) printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Central Stara | Planina Mt , under | Levski Top, 1750 m alt. | 07.VIII.1995, | S. Beshkov leg.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01142” ;

[25 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01143”;

[26 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01144”;

[27 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 14./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01147”;

[28 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01148”;

[29 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01149”;

[30 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01152”;

[31 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 18./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01156”;

[32 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01160”;

[33 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 13./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01161”;

paratypes 1, 4, 12 with additional, printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Stara Planina Mt. | between Levski and Botev | top, between 1800–2100 m, | 19–21.VII.1994 | Stoyan Beshkov leg.” ; paratypes 2, 7, 9–11, 14–23, 25–32 with additional, printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Central Stara | Planina Mt, under | Ravnetz Top, 1920 m alt. | 08.VIII.1995, S. Beshkov | & V. Gastarov leg.” ; paratypes 6, 33 with additional, printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Central Stara | Planina Mt, under | Krastzite Top, 1820 m alt. | 07.VIII.1995, S. Beshkov | & V. Gastarov leg.” ; paratypes 8, 13 with additional, printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Central Stara | Planina Mt., under | Zhaltetz top, 2000 m, | 15.VII.1993, | S. Beshkov leg.” ; paratypes 6–8, 10, 11, 13–17, 20, 21, 27–33 with additional, printed (on red paper) “ Paratype ♂ [♀ respectively] | Erebia | cassioides | kinoshitai | Beshkov”; paratypes 1–5, 9, 12, 18, 19, 22–26 with additional, printed (on red paper) “ PARATYPE male [female respectively] | Erebia cassioides | kinoshitai | Beshkov, 1996, | Phegea, 24(3)”.

Valid subspecies of Erebia neleus (Freyer, 1832) ( Wiemers et al. 2018) , endemic for the alpine part of Balkan (Stara Planina) Mountains, Bulgaria.

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. The National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia. Fig. 1—the main entrance, facing Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard; Fig. 2—Entomology Depot.

FIGURES 3–10. Papilionoidea types from NMNHS collection. Fig. 3—Colias caucasica balcanica, paralectotype ♂; Fig. 4—same, paralectotype ♀; Fig. 5—same, paralectotype ♀; Fig. 6—Erebia ligea ab. borisi, ♂; Fig. 7—E. neleus centrorilica, paratype ♂; Fig. 8—same, paratype ♀; Fig. 9—E. neleus kinoshitai, holotype ♂; Fig. 10—same, paratype ♀.

FIGURES 11–18. Papilionoidea types from NMNHS collection. Fig. 11—Erebia neleus macedonica, paralectotype ♂; Fig. 12—same, lectotype ♀; Fig. 13—Anthocharis gruneri macedonica, lectotype ♂; Fig. 14—same, paralectotype ♀; Fig. 15—E. gorge pirinica, lectotype ♂; Fig. 16—same, paralectotype ♀; Fig. 17—Agriades dardanus kudrnai, syntype ♂; Fig. 18—Parnassius apollo var. (ab.) rhodopensis, ♀.

FIGURES 19–23. Papilionoidea types from NMNHS collection. Fig. 19—Arethusana arethusa strumata forma ocellata, ♂ (A. arethusa strumata, paralectotype ♂); Fig. 20—A. arethusa strumata, lectotype ♀; Fig. 21—fine series of reared type specimens of Archon apollinus thracica; Fig. 22—same, paralectotype ♂; Fig. 23—same, lectotype ♀.