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Alphéraky, 1881
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[TL: Peoples
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, NW Xinjiang, Yining, Sibo, Ili Valley]. The locality data label (see
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) has the location in Russian Kuldscha, Kainak, since this was Russian territory in 1879)]; for some considerable time this taxon has been given specific status, as
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, for example: Grum- Grshimailo, 1895: 291,
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and
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. However,
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were unable to separate
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from
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<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFF9FFE7E09C0755FDBFF8EA" box="[422,540,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">M. phoebe</emphasis>
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using morphometric measurements of male and female genitalia and
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Lukhtanov
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. (2009)
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,
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Leneveu
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFF9FFE7E0A80769FE6AF88E" box="[402,457,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
(2009)
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and
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFF9FFE7E3770769FCB3F88E" author="Toth, J. P. &amp; Bereczki, J. &amp; Varga, Z. &amp; Rota, J. &amp; Sramko, G. &amp; Wahlberg, N." box="[589,784,1843,1869]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" pagination="749 - 757" refId="ref11329" refString="Toth, J. P., Bereczki, J., Varga, Z., Rota, J., Sramko, G. &amp; Wahlberg, N. (2014) Relationships within the Melitaea phoebe species group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): new insights from molecular and morphometric information. Systematic Entomology, 39, 749 - 757. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / syen. 12083" type="journal article" year="2014">
Tóth
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFF9FFE7E3B20769FD1AF88E" box="[648,697,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="26">et al</emphasis>
. (2014)
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were also unable to separate these species using molecular data. The present authors consider that
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(
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) should be considered as a closely related species separate from
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due to its significantly different wing pattern, in agreement with
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and
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFF9FFE7E0F207C5FD24F87A" author="Korb, S. K." box="[456,647,1950,1977]" pageId="1" pageNumber="26" pagination="53 - 60" refId="ref9650" refString="Korb, S. K. (2018) Butterfly fauna of Dzhumagal-Too mountain ridge in Kyrgyzstan (Lepidoptera: Papilionidea and Hesperioidea), Acta Biologica Sibirica, 4 (2), 53 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.14258 / abs. v 4 i 2.4124" type="journal article" year="2018">Korb (2018: 58)</bibRefCitation>
. As a point of interest the label in Russian (
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): ‘Кол.[лекциЯ] Вел.[икого] Кн.[ЯЗЯ]/ НиколаЯ/ Михайловича’ translates to Collection of Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich.
</paragraph>
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1,
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. 190 m, 14 May 2014. 2,
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male underside, Russian Federation, southern Urals, Orenburg Province, Krasnoznamenka,
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. 210 m, 16 May 2014. 3,
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<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E08C06A7FDF8F8D6" box="[438,603,1789,1813]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Melitaea ornata</emphasis>
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female underside, Slovenia, Koper,
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E2F606A4FC49F8D6" box="[972,1002,1790,1813]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">ca.</emphasis>
2km NW of Rakitovec
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E5E706A4FB58F8D6" box="[1245,1275,1790,1813]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">ca.</emphasis>
525 m, 17 May 2011. 4,
<taxonomicName id="94C24D25FFFAFFE4E1CB077BFE3FF8FA" baseAuthorityName="Denis &amp; Schiffermuller" baseAuthorityYear="1775" box="[241,412,1825,1849]" class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Melitaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phoebe">
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E1CB077BFE3FF8FA" box="[241,412,1825,1849]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Melitaea phoebe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
female underside, Slovenia, Koper,
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E2280778FC92F8FA" box="[786,817,1826,1849]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">ca.</emphasis>
2km S. of Rakitovec
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E5290778FB91F8FA" box="[1043,1074,1826,1849]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">ca.</emphasis>
525 m, 17 May 2011. 5, Lectotype female of
<taxonomicName id="94C24D25FFFAFFE4E1C4071FFD6AF89E" authority="Staudinger, 1870" authorityName="Staudinger" authorityYear="1870" box="[254,713,1861,1885]" class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Melitaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="phoebe" subSpecies="caucasica">
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E1C4071FFDB0F89E" box="[254,531,1861,1885]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Melitaea phoebe caucasica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFAFFE4E323071FFD6AF89E" author="Staudinger, O." box="[537,713,1861,1885]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" pagination="3" refId="ref11169" refString="Staudinger, O. (1870) Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna Griechenlands. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 7, [3] - 304." type="journal article" year="1870">Staudinger, 1870</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. 6, Paralectotype male of
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<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFAFFE4E2F4071FFB40F89E" box="[974,1251,1861,1885]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Melitaea phoebe caucasica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFAFFE4E5D0071FFA3AF89E" author="Staudinger, O." box="[1258,1433,1861,1885]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" pagination="3" refId="ref11169" refString="Staudinger, O. (1870) Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna Griechenlands. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 7, [3] - 304." type="journal article" year="1870">Staudinger, 1870</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Figs 14 © P. Russell. Figs 56 © T. Léger. A = upperside, B = underside, C = labels on specimen pin.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="537D36A6FFFBFFE5E1FD00CDFDBCFE6E" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
It is noted that
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFBFFE5E04F00CDFD8DFF71" author="Korb, S. K." box="[373,558,151,178]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="61 - 62" refId="ref9613" refString="Korb, S. K. (1998) Some corrections on the diurnal butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) from Xinjiang Province, China. Entomotaxonomia, 20 (1), 61 - 62." type="journal article" year="1998">Korb (1998: 62)</bibRefCitation>
synonymised
<taxonomicName id="94C24D25FFFBFFE5E3E900CDFAADFF72" authority="Huang &amp; Murayama, 1992" authorityName="Huang &amp; Murayama" authorityYear="1992" box="[723,1294,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Melitaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="scotosia" subSpecies="weiwueria">
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFBFFE5E3E900CDFC70FF73" box="[723,979,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">M. scotosia weiwueria</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFBFFE5E2E600CDFAADFF72" author="Huang, R. - X. &amp; Murayama, S." box="[988,1294,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref9428" refString="Huang, R. - X. &amp; Murayama, S. (1992) Butterflies of Xinjiang Province, China. Tyo to Ga, 43 (1), 1 - 22." type="journal article" year="1992">Huang &amp; Murayama, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
[TL:
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,
<collectingRegion id="9106F844FFFBFFE5E1AD00E1FF5FFF16" box="[151,252,187,213]" country="China" name="Xinjiang Uygur" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Xinjiang</collectingRegion>
, Altai, Jiadengu], with nominate
<taxonomicName id="94C24D25FFFBFFE5E34E00E1FC29FF16" authority="Butler, 1878" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[628,906,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Melitaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotosia">
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFBFFE5E34E00E1FD55FF17" box="[628,758,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">M. scotosia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFBFFE5E3C400E1FC29FF16" author="Butler, A. G." box="[766,906,187,213]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="281 - 286" refId="ref8862" refString="Butler, A. G. (1878) On some butterflies recently sent home from Japan by Mr. Montague Fenton. Cistula Entomologica, 2 (19), 281 - 286." type="journal article" year="1878">Butler, 1878</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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synonymised it with
<taxonomicName id="94C24D25FFFBFFE5E44400E1FD80FF3A" authority="Higgins (1940: 53)" authorityName="Higgins" authorityPageNumber="53" authorityYear="1940" class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Melitaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="scotosia" subSpecies="butleri">
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFBFFE5E44400E1FEE6FF3A" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">M. scotosia butleri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFBFFE5E0710085FD80FF3A" author="Higgins, L. G." box="[331,547,222,249]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="51 - 53" refId="ref9340" refString="Higgins, L. G. (1940) A new species and two new subspecies of Melitaea (Lep. Nymphalidae). Entomologist, 73, 51 - 53." type="journal article" year="1940">Higgins (1940: 53)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. From Huang &amp; Murayamas monochrome figure of a worn specimen (1992: 8, fig. 17 no. 19), it is almost impossible to provide specific identification. However,
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFBFFE5E57C0159FA3FFEDE" author="Korb, S. K. &amp; Bolshakov, L. V." box="[1094,1436,259,285]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="1 - 123" refId="ref9703" refString="Korb, S. K. &amp; Bolshakov, L. V. (2011) A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia Supplement 2, 1 - 123. [In Russian]" type="journal article" year="2011">Korb &amp; Bolshakov (2011: 42)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="37534B57FFFBFFE5E1F2017DFDF4FE82" author="Van Oorschot, H. &amp; Coutsis, J. G." box="[200,599,294,321]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" refId="ref11693" refString="Van Oorschot, H. &amp; Coutsis, J. G. (2014) The genus Melitaea Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) Taxonomy and systematics with special reference to the male genitalia. Tshikolovets publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic, 360 pp." type="book" year="2014">van Oorschot &amp; Coutsis (2014: 65)</bibRefCitation>
placed this taxon in synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="94C24D25FFFBFFE5E2C1017DFBC5FE82" authorityName="Alpheraky" authorityYear="1881" box="[1019,1126,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Melitaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sibina">
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFBFFE5E2C1017DFBC5FE82" box="[1019,1126,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">M. sibina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which seems to be a more plausible interpretation (although not indisputable, possibly requiring further investigation), since the distance to Altai in
<collectingRegion id="9106F844FFFBFFE5E1C90135FE1DFE4A" box="[243,446,367,393]" country="China" name="Xinjiang Uygur" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Xinjiang province</collectingRegion>
is more than
<quantity id="943A9B43FFFBFFE5E36C0135FD1FFE4A" box="[598,700,367,393]" metricMagnitude="6" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" unit="km" value="1000.0">1000 km</quantity>
. northwest of the widely recognized distribution of
<taxonomicName id="94C24D25FFFBFFE5E5C40135FA23FE4B" authorityName="Butler" authorityYear="1878" box="[1278,1408,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Nymphalidae" genus="Melitaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotosia">
<emphasis id="61B6EAB4FFFBFFE5E5C40135FA23FE4B" box="[1278,1408,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">M. scotosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in northeast
<collectingCountry id="2BD57636FFFBFFE5E03F01C9FEE8FE6E" box="[261,331,403,429]" name="China" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">China</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="2BD57636FFFBFFE5E06C01C9FE3EFE6E" box="[342,413,403,429]" name="South Korea" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Korea</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="2BD57636FFFBFFE5E0E201C9FDB8FE6E" box="[472,539,403,429]" name="Japan" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Japan</collectingCountry>
.
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