The identity of the type material of the subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) described by Emilio Turati (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.258

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Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Melitaea phoebe, type material, Turati

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Two taxa described by Turati in 1920 as subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), are examined from high resolution photographs. M. phoebe phoebina Turati, 1920 is identified from morphological features as M. ornata Christoph, 1893, and M. phoebe rostagnoi Turati, 1920, is confirmed as M. phoebe. The quadrinomial M. phoebe rostagnoi sterlineata Turati, 1920 from the same locality as subsp. rostagnoi is also confirmed as M. phoebe.

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Nekrutenko, Y. P. (1993). An annotated catalogue of Butterflies and Skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) named by Emilio Turati. Bollettino del Museo Regionale de Scienze Naturali. Torino, 11(1), 121-135.

Russell, P. J. C., Bartolozzi, L., Hawkins, R. L., Tennent, W. J., & Leger, T. (2020). Designation of lectotypes for some Spanish and other western European Melitaea taxa, some with mixed syntypic series of M. phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) and M. ornata Christoph, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). SHILAP Revista del lepidopterología, 48(191), 449-472.

Turati, E. (1920). Nuove forme di Lepidotteri IV: Correzione e note critiche. Il Naturalista Siciliano, 23, 203-351, plates 1-4.

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2022-12-30

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Russell, P. J. C. (2022). The identity of the type material of the subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) described by Emilio Turati (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 50(200), 681–684. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.258

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