Danaus roedingeri Fuchs, 1954

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?105. Danaus roedingeri Fuchs, 1954

Original combination.

" Danais gilippus var. Rödingeri” Fuchs, 1954 in Titschak, Beit. zur Fauna Perus 4: 84.

Current combination.

Danaus gilippus roedingeri (Fuchs, 1954).

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of D. g. candidus Clark, 1941.

Type material.

Holotype 1? (ZMH 827652), paratypes 6?? (ZMH 827649-827651, ZMH 827653-827655) (Fig. 105 ). " Danais / gilippus / var. rödingeri? / v. Fuchs" // “Type” // "Sammlung / W. v. Fuchs / Eing. Nr. 4, 1956" // “Süd - Peru / Ayacucho - Yucaes / 2500 m 26. 4. 1936." // "Holotype? / Danais gilippus / var. Rödingeri / von Fuchs" // " Danais gilippus ? / candidus Clark / G. Lamas. det. 1978" // "Hbg. - Süd - Peru / Sammelreise 1936. / Eing. Nr. 1, 1937." // "ZMH 827652"; "Ayacucho / 2-3000 m / 8/1920 / Type" // " D. rödingeri?” // "Coll. H. Rödinger / Eing. Nr. 30, 1952" // "ZMH 827649"; “Type” // " Danais / gilippus // var. rödingeri? / v. Fuchs / Rio Jucaes b/ / Ayacucho / 1800-2300" // "Summlung / W. v. Fuchs / Eing. Nr. 4, 1956" // "ZMH 827650"; "Ayacucho / 2-3000 m / 8/1920 / Type" // "Coll. H. Rödinger / Eing. Nr. 30, 1952 / Katalog Nr. L" // "ZMH 827651"; "Ayacucho 28.4" // “Süd - Peru / Oberh. Ayacucho / 29.4.1936." // "Ayacucho / 2-3000 m / 8/1920 / Type" // "Summlung / W. v. Fuchs / Eing. Nr. 4, 1956" // "Hbg. - Süd - Peru / Sammelreise 1936. / Eing. Nr. 1, 1937." // "ZMH 827653"; " Danais / gilippus / var. rödingeri? / v. Fuchs" // “Type” // "Sammlung / W. v. Fuchs / Eing. Nr. 4, 1956" // “Süd - Peru / Ayacucho - Yucaes / 2500 m 26. 4. 1936." // "Hbg. - Süd - Peru / Sammelreise 1936. / Eing. Nr. 1, 1937." // " Danais gilippus ? / candidus Clark / G. Lamas. det. 1978" // "Paratype / Danaus gilippus ? / var. Rödingeri / von Fuchs" // "ZMH 827654"; “Type” // Danais / gilippus / var. rödingeri? / v. Fuchs / Rio Jucaes / 6 / Ayacucho / 1800-2300" // "ZMH 827655".

Type locality.

Peru: “… näheren Umgebung von Ayacucho, auf 2000-2600 m" [vicinity of Ayacucho, 2000-2600 m].

Remarks.

Fuchs (1954) proposed this name as a “var.” of Danais gilippus (Cramer, 1775). According to article 45.6.4 ( ICZN 1999), it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the term “var.”.

Figures

Plate 15. 104. Danaus gilippus icensis (Fuchs, 1954); 105. Danaus gilippus roedingeri (Fuchs, 1954); 106. Fabriciana niobe altonevadensis (Reisser, 1927); 107. Argynnis pandora cyrnea Schawerda, 1926; 108. Argynnis pandora argentifasciata Kotzsch, 1937; 109. Euphydryas maturna f. urbanoides (Warnecke, 1942). a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.