Erebia gorge subsp. pirinica, Buresch, 1919

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 : 482

pirinica Buresch, 1919

“ Erebia gorge pirinica nov. subsp.” (Buresch 1919: 224–226, Abbildung 11, Figs 8, 9, 10 ). Type locality: “Piringebirge auf den Gipfel El-Tepe, in einer Höhe von 2200–2600 m ” [ Bulgaria: Pirin Mountains: Vihren Peak: 2200–2600 m], originally designated (Buresch 1919: 225).

Lectotype ♂ ( Fig. 15 ) with labels: (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin Pl. 12-VII 1915 | El. Tepe 2 5 00m. | Dr Iw. Buresch ”; (2) printed (on white paper) “ Illustrated by Buresch, 1918 | 11: Fig. 9 ”; (3) printed (on white paper) “ Photographed for | S. Abadjiev | Butterflies of Bulgaria | Part 3”; (4) printed (on white paper) “ SYNTYPE ♂ | Erebia gorge pirinica | Buresch, 1918 | S. Abadjiev det. 1994”; (5) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01034”; (6) printed (on red paper) “ LECTOTYPE ♂ | Erebia gorge pirinica | Buresch, 1918 | Abadjiev & Langourov design. 2020”.

Paralectotypes 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀ with labels:

[1 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin Pl. 12-VII 1915 | El. Tepe 2 2 00m. | Dr Iw. Buresch”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01031”;

[2 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin Pl. 12-VII 1915 | El. Tepe 2 3 00m. | Dr Iw. Buresch”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01032”;

[3 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin Pl. 12-VII 1915 | El. Tepe 2 5 00m. | Dr Iw. Buresch”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01033”;

[4 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin Pl. 12-VII 1915 | El. Tepe 2 1 00m. | Dr Iw. Buresch”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01035”;

[5 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin Pl. 12-VII 1915 | El. Tepe 2 6 00m. | Dr Iw. Buresch”; (2) printed (on white paper) “Illustrated by Buresch, 1918 | 11: Fig. 10 ”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01036”;

[6 ♀] ( Fig. 16 ) (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin Pl. 12-VII 1915 | El. Tepe 2 2 00-2 6 00m. | Dr Iw. Buresch”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01037”;

all the paralectotypes with additional, printed (on red paper) “ PARALECTOTYPE ♂ [♀ respectively] | Erebia gorge pirinica | Buresch, 1918 | Abadjiev & Langourov design. 2020” .

The original description appeared in issue 9/10, dated 25 March 1919. There is an error in the number of specimens of the type series. Buresch (1919: 225) reported 3 ♂♂ and 7 ♀♀, while the specimens stored in the museum are 6 ♂♂ and 1 ♀. For stability of nomenclature and following Article 74 ( ICZN 1999) the male with identifier “NMNHS-INV-T-01034” is here designated as lectotype for Erebia gorge pirinica Buresch , 1919. The specimen was illustrated in the original publication by Buresch (1919: 224, Abbildung 11: Fig. 9 ) and by Abadjiev (1995: Pl. XIV: Figs 11–12 ). Originally described as (and valid) subspecies of Erebia gorge (Hübner, [1804]) , endemic for the alpine part of Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria .

Figures

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, ♀.