Danaus icensis Fuchs, 1954

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?104. Danaus icensis Fuchs, 1954

Original combination.

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

Current combination.

Danaus gilippus icensis (Fuchs, 1954).

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of Danaus eresimus erginus (Godman & Salvin, 1897).

Type material.

Lectotype 1? (ZMH 827645), paralectotypes 2?? (ZMH 827643-827644) (Fig. 104 ). "Huayuri / 5/1940 / Type" / "Coll. H. Rödinger / Eing. Nr. 30, 1952 / Katalog Nr. L" // "ZMH 827643"; "Ica / 7/1940 / Type" / "Coll. H. Rödinger / Eing. Nr. 30, 1952 / Katalog Nr. L" // "Paralectotype ? / Danais gilippus / var. icensis / von Fuchs / G. Lamas ‘98” // " Danaus eresimus / erginus Godman + / Salvin ? / G. Lamas. Det. 1978" // "ZMH 827644"; "114 / Danaus eresimus . ab / Ica ( Perú)” // "Ica / 7.1928 / Type" // "Coll. H. Rödinger / Eing. Nr. 30, 1952 / Katalog Nr. L" // "Lectotype ? / Danais gilippus / var. icensis / von Fuchs / G. Lamas ‘78” // " Danaus eresimus / erginus Godman + / Salvin ? / G. Lamas. Det. 1978" // "ZMH 827645".

Type locality.

Peru: "Im Tal von Ica und des Río Grande".

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.