Erebia tyndarus subsp. macedonica, Buresch, 1919

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 : 480-481

macedonica Buresch, 1919

“[ Erebia tyndarus ] macedonica nov. subsp.” (Buresch 1919: 226–228, Taf. II: Figs 10–13 ). Type locality: “südlichen Teilen des Piringebirges, im Papas-Gjol-Tale” [ Bulgaria: Pirin Mountains: Popovo Ezero], originally designated ( Buresch 1919: 227) .

Lectotype ♀ ( Fig. 12 ) with labels: (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin - Pl. 2400 m. | Papas Giol 16.VII. | Dr Iw.Buresch. 915.”; (2) handwritten (on white paper) “Er. tynda | rus Esp. | pirinica | Buresch”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01055”; (4) printed (on red paper) “LEC- TOTYPE ♀ | Erebia tyndarus macedonica | Buresch, 1918 | Abadjiev & Langourov design. 2020”.

Paralectotypes 15 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ with labels:

[1 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01038”;

[2 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01039”;

[3 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01040” [damaged specimen, forewings and substantial part of hindwings missing];

[4 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01041”;

[5 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 10./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01042”;

[6 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01043”;

[ 7 ♂] ( Fig. 11 ) (1) printed (on white paper) “ Photographed for | S. Abadjiev | Butterflies of Bulgaria | Part 3”; (2) printed (on white paper) “ SYNTYPE ♂ | Erebia cassioides | macedonica | Buresch, 1918 | S. Abadjiev det. 1994”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01044” ;

[8 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01045”;

[9 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01046”;

[10 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01047”;

[11 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01048” [damaged specimen, left wings missing];

[12 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01049” [damaged specimen, substantial part of left wings miss- ing];

[13 ♂] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01050”;

[14 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin - Pl. 2450 m. | Papas Giol 16.VII. | Dr Iw.Buresch. 915.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01051” [damaged specimen, left forewing missing];

[15 ♂] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 3./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01145”;

[16 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01052”;

[17 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01053”;

[18 ♀] (1) handwritten (on red paper) “ Syntype ♀ | Erebia cassioides | macedonica | ( Buresch, 1918)”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01054” [damaged specimen, left forewing missing];

[19 ♀] printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01056” [damaged specimen, substantial part of left wings miss- ing];

[20 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 12./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01057”;

[21 ♀] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on yellowish paper) “Gen. prep. | 11./ 29.II.1996 | S. Beshkov.”; (2) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS-INV-T-01058” [damaged specimen, right forewing missing];

paralectotypes 1–4, 16 with additional, printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper)

“Pirin - Pl. 2300 m. | Papas Giol 16.VII. | Dr Iw.Buresch. 915.”; paralectotypes 5, 17 with additional, printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin - Pl. 2350 m. | Papas Giol 16.VII. | Dr Iw.Buresch. 915.” ; paralectotypes 6–13, 15, 18, 19 with additional, printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin - Pl. 2400 m. | Papas Giol 16.VII. | Dr Iw.Buresch. 915.”; paralectotypes 20, 21 with additional, printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “Pirin - Pl. 2500 m. | Papas Giol 16.VII. | Dr Iw.Buresch. 915.” ; paralectotypes 5, 15, 20, 21 with additional, handwritten (on red paper) “ Syntype ♂ [♀ re- spectively] | Erebia cassioides | macedonica | ( Buresch, 1918)”; all the paralectotypes with additional, printed (on red paper) “ PARALECTOTYPE ♂ [♀ respectively] | Erebia tyndarus macedonica | Buresch, 1918 | Abadjiev & Langourov design. 2020” .

The original description appeared in issue 9/10, dated 25 March 1919. For stability of nomenclature and following Article 74 ( ICZN 1999) the female with identifier “NMNHS-INV-T-01055” is here designated as lectotype for Erebia tyndarus macedonica Buresch, 1919 . The specimen was illustrated in the original publication by Buresch (1919: Taf. II: Fig. 10 ). Valid subspecies of Erebia neleus (Freyer, 1832) ( Wiemers et al. 2018) , endemic for the alpine part of Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria.

Figures

FIGURES 3–10. Papilionoidea types from NMNHS collection. Fig. 3—Colias caucasica balcanica, paralectotype ♂; Fig. 4—same, paralectotype ♀; Fig. 5—same, paralectotype ♀; Fig. 6—Erebia ligea ab. borisi, ♂; Fig. 7—E. neleus centrorilica, paratype ♂; Fig. 8—same, paratype ♀; Fig. 9—E. neleus kinoshitai, holotype ♂; Fig. 10—same, paratype ♀.

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, ♀.