Lycaena sibyllina Verity, 1916

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?84. Lycaena sibyllina Verity, 1916

Original combination.

" Lycaena coridon " Poda, "razza sibyllina " Verity, 1916 Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. 46: 133.

Current combination.

Lysandra coridon sibyllina (Verity, 1916).

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of Lysandra coridon apennina (Zeller, 1847).

Original material.

Labelled as “Type” 4?? (ZMH 833493-833496) (Fig. 84 ). " sibyllina Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 15 Ag 1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833493"; " sibyllina Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 9 Ag 1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833494"; " sibyllina Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 9 Ag 1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833495"; " sibyllina Vrty" // "Marche / Bolognola / 8 Ag 1937 / Querci" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833496".

Original locality.

Italy: "Monti Sibillini (Bolognola, 1200 m)"

Remarks.

Verity (1938) proposed this name as a “razza” (=race) of L. coridon (Poda, 1761). As it was given in trinomy and the content of the description clearly indicates that a geographical race was meant, this name is available as subspecific (article 45.6 ICZN 1999). However, it was later synonimized with L. coridon apennina (Zeller, 1847). The year on the specimen labels (1937) indicate specimens were collected 21 years after description (1916) 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 four specimens are erroneously labelled as types, should be annotated as "Not a Type" and are treated here as “Non-type” specimens.

Figures

Plate 12. 73. Lycaena virgaureae emilianus f. quercii (Turati, 1923); 74. Agriades pheretiades andarabi (Forster, 1938); 75. Aricia anteros f. altera (Zuellich, 1929); 76. Aricia anteros r. modicior Verity, 1938; 77. Plebejus idas uliginosa (Dannehl, 1921); 78. Plebejus argyrognomon balcanica (Zuellich, 1929); 79. Eumedonia eumedon mayencis Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1975; 80. Eumedonia eumedon moenus Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1975; 81. Freyeria trochylus persa (Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937); 82. Freyeria trochylus persa ab. pauper (Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937); 83. Glaucopsyche alexis parvandereggi Verity, 1938; 84. Lysandra coridon sibyllina (Verity, 1916). a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.