Erebia cassioides subsp. centrorilica, Abadjiev 2001

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 : 475-477

centrorilica Abadjiev, 2001

“ Erebia cassioides centrorilica ssp. nova ” ( Abadjiev 2001b: 58–63, Figs 2 , 3, 6, 8, 10 , 13 ). Type locality: “ Bulgaria: [Central] Rila Mts: [SW slope of] Suha Vapa [Peak]: 2450 m ”, originally designated ( Abadjiev 2001b: 58).

Paratypes 21 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ with labels:

[ 1 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2200 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1277”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [1] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01059” ;

[ 2 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2350 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1331”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [2] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01060” ;

[ 3 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2350 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1332”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [3] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01061” ;

[ 4 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2450 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1311”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [4] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01062” ;

[ 5 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2450 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1312”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [5] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01063” ;

[ 6 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2450 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1322”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [6] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01064” ;

[ 7 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2450 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1324”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [7] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01065” ;

[ 8 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2450 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1325”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [8] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01066” ;

[ 9 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Tcherni Ridge 2400 m | 24.VII.2000 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1762”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [22] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01067” ;

[ 10 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Tcherni Ridge 2400 m | 24.VII.2000 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1763”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [23] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01068” ;

[ 11 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Tcherni Ridge 2400 m | 24.VII.2000 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1764”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [24] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01069” ;

[ 12 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Tcherni Ridge 2400 m | 24.VII.2000 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1765”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [25] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01070” ;

[ 13 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Tcherni Ridge 2400 m | 24.VII.2000 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1766”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [26] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01071” ;

[ 14 ♂] ( Fig. 7 ) (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Tcherni Ridge 2400 m | 24.VII.2000 | S. Ab- adjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1767”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [27] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01072” ;

[ 15 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Rila Mts , | Dzhanka, 2400 m, | 03.VIII.1996, | S. Beshkov & | J. Nowacki leg.”; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on greenish paper) “Geen. prep. | No. 6./03.III.97 | S. Beshkov. ”; (3) handwritten (on yellow paper) “ E. cassioides | macedonica | Buresch, 1918 ”; (4) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [13] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (5) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01164” ;

[ 16 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA, Rila mount. | Granthar hut, 2180 m. | 29.08.1987 | St. Beschkow leg.”; (2) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 2./ | 06.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (3) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [14] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (4) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01165” ;

[ 17 ♂] (1) printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria, Rila Mt. | under Kanarata Top | 2500 m. | 30.VIII.1987 | S. Beshkov leg.”; (2) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 4./ | 06.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (3) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [15] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (4) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01166” ;

[ 18 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 6./ | 06.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (2) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [16] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01167” ;

[ 19 ♂] (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [18] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01169” ;

[ 20 ♂] (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [19] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01170” ;

[ 21 ♂] (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♂ [20] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01171” ;

[ 22 ♀] (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2200 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Abadjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1278”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♀ [9] | Erebia cas- sioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01073” ;

[ 23 ♀] ( Fig. 8 ) (1) printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | Suha Vapa 2450 m | 13.VIII.1998 | S. Ab- adjiev leg. | [line] S. Abadjiev coll. 1327”; (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♀ [10] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (1) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01074” ;

[ 24 ♀] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “Gen. prep. 8./ | 06.III.1995 | Beshkov”; (2) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♀ [17] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01168” ;

[ 25 ♀] (1) printed (on red paper), double framed “ PARATYPE ♀ [21] | Erebia cassioides | centrorilica | subsp. nov. | [line] | S. Abadjiev det 2000”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01163” ;

paratypes 18, 24 with additional, printed (on white paper) “ Bulgaria , Rila Mt. | under Angelov Vrah | Top, 2600 m. | 31.VIII.1987 | S. Beshkov leg.” ; paratypes 19–21, 25 with additional, printed (on white paper) “ BULGARIA | Rila Mts | [above Rilski Manastir] | VIII.1987 | [R. Radev] leg.” .

Additional types exist in the collections of Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Geneva (especially the holotype ♂) and Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research , Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , Sofia. Valid subspecies of Erebia neleus (Freyer, 1832) ( Wiemers et al. 2018) , endemic for the alpine part of Rila 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, ♀.