Melitaea catapelioides Stauder, 1918

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?116. Melitaea catapelioides Stauder, 1918

Original combination.

" Melitaea trivia catapelioides nov. subspec. m." Stauder, 1918 Zeit. Wiss. Ins. Biol. 14: 57.

Current combination.

Melitaea trivia catapelioides Stauder, 1918.

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of nominotypical Melitaea trivia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775).

Original material.

Labelled as “Type” 1? (ZMH 827662) (Fig. 116 ). “Type” // "Luen / Calabria mer. / Aspromonte 950 m. / 6.VII 1920 / H. Stauder legit." // " Melitaea trivia catape - / lioides Stauder" // “Type” // " Sig. G. Warnecke / Eing. Nr. 5, 1945" // "ZMH 827662" .

Original locality.

Italy: "Unteritalien (Kalabrien)".

Remarks.

The year on the specimen label (1920) indicates specimen was collected two years after description (1918) from the same location (i.e., Italy, Kalabrien) the original holotype material was collected. As a result, the label of the specimen treated as “Type” 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, this specimen is erroneously labelled as type, should be annotated as "Not a Type" and is treated here as “Non-type” specimen.

Figures

Plate 16. 110. Melitaea athalia tenuicula Verity, 1919; 111. Melitaea varia varissima Verity, 1914; 112. Melitaea cinxia riloensis Zuellich, 1936; 113. Melitaea deione ab. mediofasciata Bubacek, 1926; 114. Melitaea diamina ab. johni Stauder, 1922; 115. Melitaea trivia balcanica Zuellich, 1936; 116. Melitaea trivia catapelioides Stauder, 1918; 117. Melitaea trivia ignasiti de Sagarra, 1926. a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.