Euchloe ausonia Verity, 1913

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?89. Euchloe ausonia Verity, 1913

Original combination.

" Lycaena damon ausonia nom. nov." Verity, 1913 Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. 45: 232, pl. 1, f. 44, 47.

Current combination.

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damon ausonia (Verity, 1913).

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damon damon ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775).

Original material.

Labelled as “Type” 6?? (ZMH 833479-833484) (Fig. 89 ). " Euchloe ausonia Vrty." // "Marche / Bolognola / 15.VII.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833479"; " Euchloe ausonia Vrty." // "Marche / Bolognola / 15.VII.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833480"; " Euchloe ausonia Vrty." // "Marche / Bolognola / 12.VII.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833481"; " Euchloe ausonia Vrty." // "Marche / Bolognola / 5 Ag 1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833482"; " Euchloe ausonia Vrty." // "Marche / Bolognola / 3 Ag 1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833483"; " Euchloe ausonia Vrty." // "Marche / Bolognola / 12.VII.1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833484 ".

Original locality.

Italy: "a grandi altitudini nei soliti monti del Piceno" [At high elevations at Mount del Piceno].

Remarks.

The year on the specimen labels (1937) indicate specimens were collected 24 years after description (1913) from the same location the original holotype material was collected. As a result, the black label of the specimens treated as “types” is erroneous. 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 six specimens are erroneously labelled as types, should be annotated as "Not a Type" and are treated here as “Non-type” specimens.

Figures

Plate 13. 85. Phengaris alcon f. lunulata (Warnecke, 1942); 86. Phengaris arionides f. selzeri (Warnecke, 1924); 87. Phengaris euphemus peninsulae (Verity, 1923); 88. Cupido argiades ab. depuncta (Hirschke, 1903); 89. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damon ausonia (Verity, 1913); 90. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) pfeifferi (Brandt, 1938); 91. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) alcestis (Zerny, 1932); 92. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ardschira (Brandt, 1938); 93. Polyommatus daphnis macra f. squalida Verity, 1920; 94. Polyommatus dorylas r. correpta (Verity, 1920). a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.