Lycaena orbitulus subsp. rebeli, Tuleschkow, 1932

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 : 482-484

rebeli Tuleschkow, 1932 | kudrnai Koçak, 1980

“ Lycaena orbitulus rebeli ssp. n. ” ( Tuleschkow 1932: 101–105, 114–115). Type locality: “[transliterated from Cyrillic] pl. Ali-Botush, mezhdu varhovete Tsarev vr. (2200) i Ali-Botush (2100), kakto i po samite tiya varhove” [Mount Alibotush (Slavyanka): between, and on, Tsarev and Gotsev peaks: 2100–2200 m], originally designated ( Tuleschkow 1932: 101).

Syntypes 6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ with labels:

[1 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “2”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01075”;

[2 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “3”; (2) handwritten (on one side red paper) “ Lyc. orbitulus | rebeli Tul. | Alot Alot”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01076”;

[3 ♂] ( Fig. 17 ) (1) handwritten (on one side red paper) “ Lyc. orbitulus | rebeli Tul. | Holotypus ”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01077”;

[4 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01078”;

[5 ♂] (1) handwritten (on white paper) “1”; (2) handwritten (on one side red paper) “ Lyc. orbitulus | rebeli Tul | Alot”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01079”;

[6 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01080”;

[7 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01081”;

[8 ♀] (1) handwritten (on one side red paper) “ Lyc. orbitulus | rebeli Tul. | Alot.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01082”;

[9 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01083”;

[10 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01084”;

syntypes 1–3, 7 with additional, printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Ali- Botusch Geb. | 29.VII.1930 | Kr. Tuleschkow”; syntypes 4–6, 8–10 with additional, printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Ali-Botusch Geb. | 30.VII.1930 | Kr. Tuleschkow”; syntypes 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 with additional, handwritten (on one side red paper) “ Lyc. orbitulus | rebeli Tul. | Alot”; all the syntypes with additional, printed (on red paper) “ SYNTYPE ♂ [♀ respectively] | Lycaena orbitilus rebeli | Tuleschkow, 1932 | Abadjiev & Langourov design. 2020”.

There is an error in the number of specimens of the type series. Tuleschkow (1932: 101, 114) reported 7 ♂♂ and 3 ♀♀; later on page 115 “ Typen: 2 ♂♂ und 1 ♀ ”. The specimens stored in the museum are 6 ♂♂ and 4 ♀♀. Being a junior primary homonym of Lycaena alcon rebeli Hirschke, 1905 , Lycaena orbitulus rebeli Tuleschkow, 1932 is not a valid name. A replacement name, kudrnai, was proposed by Koçak (1980: 142). Currently this taxon must be cited as Agriades pyrenaicus kudrnai Koçak, 1980 .

Figures

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, ♀.