Parnassius rjabovi Sheljuzhko, 1935

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?28. Parnassius rjabovi Sheljuzhko, 1935

Original combination.

" Parnassius mnemosyne rjabovi " Sheljuzhko, 1935 Zs. Öst. Ent. Ver. 20: 22.

Current combination.

Parnassius mnemosyne rjabovi Sheljuzhko, 1935.

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of Parnassius mnemosyne caucasia Verity, 1911.

Original material.

Labelled as “Autotypes” 1?1? (ZMH 824703-824704) (Fig. 28 ). "autotypus ? / rjabovi Shel." // "Kleinasien / Armenia / Daratshitshag / 7.VII.1939 / B. Tkatshukov leg. / coll. Dr. Gelpke " // "Mus Altona / Eing Nr 9-64" // "ZMH 824703"; "autotypus ? / rjabovi Shel." // "Kleinasien / Armenia / Daratshitshag / 7.VII.1939 / B. Tkatshukov leg. / coll. Dr. Gelpke " // "v. rjabovi Shelj." // "Mus Altona / Eing Nr 9-64" // "ZMH 824704" .

Original locality.

Armenia: Daratshitshag.

Remarks.

The year on the specimen labels (1939) indicate specimens were collected four years after description (1935) from the same location (i.e., Armenia: Daratshitshag) the original holotype material was collected. As a result, the label of the specimens treated as “autotypus” by Warnecke is erroneous. Autotypes do not exist in taxonomy. The specimen collected from the same geographical location from which the type specimen was collected is called topotype. According to ICZN (1999), a topotype has no formal standing and is not regulated by the Code. Therefore, these two specimens are erroneously labelled as types, should be annotated as "Not a Type" and are treated here as “Non-type” specimens.

Figures

Plate 5. 25. Parnassius inopinatus Kotzsch, 1940; 26. Parnassius imperator gigas Kotzsch, 1932; 27. Parnassius mnemosyne clorinda Kolar & Querci, 1937; 28. Parnassius mnemosyne rjabovi Sheljuzhko, 1935; 29. Parnassius mnemosyne comitis Bryk, 1912; 30. Parnassius mnemosyne gigantea Staudinger, 1886. a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.