Name-bearing types of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
Author
Bland, Keith P.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-19
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Bebearia orientis
(Karsch, 1985)
ssp.
MALAWIENSIS
Holmes, 2001
Tropical Zoology
14,
31
–
62 [56
–
57], figures 8 and 9. Combination still valid (see
Kunz, 2016
).
Holotype
, male, pinned (half of right antenna missing); also
allotype
female and
paratypes
3 males
,
1 female
, all pinned (abdomen of
allotype
on slide
CWNH
.30).
Specimen data
:
Specimen a
: “Vizara. 2100’
3.v.62
” [Handwritten (by Gifford)] in blue ink on greaseproof paper]. “B. orientalis | malawiensis |
Holotype
| det.
C.W.N. Holmes
|
Feb.1999
” [Handwritten (by Holmes) on orange card].
Specimen b
: “Vizara. | 2100’ | Raphia swamp forest |
11.v.62
” [Handwritten (by Gifford) in blue ink on greaseproof paper]. “
Bebearia
| mardania gp. | sl[ide].
CWNH
(30)” [Printed]. “B.orientalis | malawiensis |
Allotype
| det.
C.W.N.Holmes
|
Feb. 1999
” [Handwritten (by Holmes) on orange card].
Specimen c
(
♂
) “Lauderdale Estate, Mlanje,
11.vi.61
” [Handwritten (by Gifford)]. “
D.R.Gifford
,
RSM 1962.66
” [Printed].
Specimens d
(
♂
) and
e
(
♀
) labelled same as specimen
c
but dated “
21.v.61
.”
Specimen f
(
♂
): “Malanji,
Brit.C.Africa
” [Handwritten]. “Adams Bequest, B.M. 1912.399, R.S.M. 1969.” [Printed].
Remarks
: These six specimens are unambiguously the
holotype
,
allotype
and
4 paratypes
designated by
Holmes (2001)
, and illustrated in Figures. 8 and 9 of that paper.
Bebearia MARDANIA
(Fabricius, 1793)
;
Holmes, 2001
.
Tropical Zoology
14
, 31–62 [45], figures 2, 8 and 9.
Neotype
, female, pinned:
Specimen data
: “
Ghana
, Tano Nimri Forest Reserve (
5°45’N
,
2°36’W
, M.B.Usher
3.viii.1975
, RSM 1975.64” [Printed on white card]. “
B.mardania
.
Neotype
, des. C.W.N.Holmes,
May 2000
” [Handwritten (by Holmes) on orange card].
Remarks
: This specimen is unambiguously the
neotype
described by Holmes to stabilise the concept of
B.mardania
(Fabricius, 1793) (
Holmes, 2001
)
. It is figured in Figure 2,8,& 9 of
Holmes (2001)
.