The type specimens of Papilionoidea in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (Lepidoptera)
Author
Abadjiev, Stanislav
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9106 - 1754
Author
Langourov, Mario
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-12
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3
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journal article
20995
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borisi
Buresch, 1912
“
Erebia ligea
L. ab.
Borisi
” (
Buresch 1912: 48
). [
Bulgaria
: Mount] Vitosha (
Buresch 1912: 48
).
♂
(
Fig. 6
) with labels: (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions [here italicised] (on white paper) “[right side]
1000 m
.
| Witoscha
6-VII
| Dragalewtsi
903
| Dr.I.Buresch”; (2) printed (on red paper) “
SYNTYPE
♂
|
Erebia ligea
ab. borisi |
Buresch, 1912
| label attachment | Abadjiev & Langourov 2020”; (3) printed (on white paper) “NMNHS- INV-T-01008”.
Patronym, named in honour of HM Boris III, King of
Bulgaria
. The original description appeared on page
48 in
Bulgarian, with an abridged version in German on page 56. Bulgarian text (here translated) reads: “Especially characteristic is the specimen caught in Vitosha on 6.VII.[1]903. It is absolutely fresh well-formed (
26 mm
forewing length) female specimen, which at first sight clearly differs from any other by the absence of ocelli on the forewings, as a result well-defined connection on these wings remains empty. On the hindwings, however, the ocelli are normally developed,
4 in
number.” Actually this particular specimen has been misidentified and it represents a male. A second specimen from Tscham-Koria [Rila Mountains: Borovets], also mentioned by
Buresch (1912: 48
, 56), is apparently lost. Infrasubspecific, not an available name, Article 10.2 (
ICZN 1999
).