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)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.369Keywords:
Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Melitaea, Melitaea phoebe, Melitaea ornata, Spain, EuropeAbstract
Morphological characters of value in distinguishing Melitaea phoebe from M. ornata are exemplified from photographs of specimens from sympatric and partially synchronic populations in North Macedonia and Italy. Subspecies described as belonging to M. phoebe by several authors from specimens taken in Spain and other Western European countries are examined and their identities reviewed. Those which are shown to be subspecies of M. ornata are figured together with identification labels attached to the specimens. Where syntypes have been identified, lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated where appropriate. Some subspecies which are genuinely M. phoebe are commented upon. Eleven syntypes of M. phoebe occitanica are examined and found to comprise both M. phoebe and M. ornata; a phoebe lectotype is designated and its Type Locality is restricted to Barcelona, Spain. Lectotypes are also designated for the names bethunebakeri, ornatiformis, emipunica and punicata. Original identifications predate the separation of these two species and exemplify difficulties previous researchers had in separating them. M. ornata pseudornata is sunk in synomymy with M. ornata bethunebakeri. It is noted that some historic and often worn specimens are extremely difficult to identify with certainty.
Downloads
References
BALLETO, E., CASSULO, L. A. & BONELLI, M., 2014.– An annotated Checklist of the Italian Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea).– Zootaxa, 3853(1): 001-114. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3853.1.1
BERNARDI, G. & DE LESSE, H., 1951.– Les types de Nymphalidae paléarctiques du Laboratoire d’Entomologie du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris.– Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 56: 136-143. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.1951.18529
CAGNETTA, G., 2016.– Two species of Melitaea Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) newly recorded from Apulia (southern Italy).– Entomologist’s Gazette, 67: 246-248.
CHRISTOPH, H., 1893.– Lepidoptera nova faunae Palaearcticae.– Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris, 6: 86-89.
CONCI, C. & POGGI R., 1996.– Iconography of Italian entomologists, with essential biographical data.– Memorie della Società entomologica Italiana, 75: 159-382.
DENIS, J. N. C. M. & SCHIFFERMÜLLER, I., 1775.– Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 322 pp. Verlag Augustin Bernardi, Wien.
FRUHSTORFER, H., 1908a.– Neue Argynnis und Melitaea.– Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1: 310.
FRUHSTORFER, H., 1908b.– Neue Paläarktische Rhopaloceren-Rassen.– Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2: 194-195.
FRUHSTORFER, H., 1917a.– Neue Rhopaloceren aus der sammlung Leonhard.– Archiv für Naturgeschichte, A. 2: 1-28, 2 pls.
FRUHSTORFER, H., 1917b.– Neue Rhopaloceren aus der sammlung Leonhard.– Societas Entomologica, 32(5): 19.
FRUHSTORFER, H., 1918.– Neue Formen einer alten Erebia.– Societas Entomologica, 33: 42-43.
FRUHSTORFER, H., 1919.– Neue Melitaea-Rassen aus dem Südlichsten Tessin.– Archiv für Naturgeschichte, A. 3: 167-170.
GAEDE, M., 1930.– Melitaea.– In A. SEITZ (Ed.). Grossschmetterlinge der Erde, Die Palaearctische Schmetterlinge. Supplement: 203-217, 16 pls. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
GARCÍA-BARROS, E., MUNGUIRA, M. L., STEFANESCU, C. & VIVES MORENO, A., 2013.– Lepidoptera Papilionoidea.– In M. A. RAMOS Coordinator. Fauna Iberica, 37: 1216 pp. Museo National de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,
Madrid.
GÓMEZ DE AIZPÚRUA, C. & GÓMEZ-BUSTILLO, M. R., 1983.– Mariposas diurnas de la Provincia de Madrid. Monografias, 5: 116 pp. Servicio Forestal del Medio Ambiente y Contra Incendios, Diputación de Madrid.
GÓMEZ-BUSTILLO, M. R., 1974.– Catálogo preliminar de los Lepidópteros Ropalóceros de la provincia de Santander.– Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 72: 181-191.
GÓMEZ-BUSTILLO, M. R. & FERNÁNDEZ-RUBIO, F., 1974.– Mariposas de la Península Ibérica, Ropalóceros, II: 258 pp. Servicio de Publicaciones del Ministerio de Agricultura, Madrid.
GREGORI, A., 1926.– Emilio Ragusa.– Il Naturalista Siciliano, 24: 124-125.
HESSELBARTH, G., VAN OORSCHOT, H. & WAGENER, S., 1995.– Die Tagfalter der Türkei unter Berücksichtigung der angrenzenden Länder, 1: 1-757; 2: 758-1354: 3: 1-167. Sigbert Wagener, Bocholt.
HIGGINS, L. G., 1941.– An illustrated catalogue of the Palearctic Melitaea (Lep. Rhopalocera).– Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 91: 175-365. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1941.tb01045.x
HORN, W., KAHLE, I., FRIESE, G. & GAEDIKE, R., 1990.– Collectiones entomologicae. Ein Compendium über den Verbleib entomologischer der Welt bis 1960: 573 pp., Akademie der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Berlin.
KUDRNA, O., 1983.– An Annotated Catalogue of the Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) named by Roger Verity.– Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 21(1): 1-106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/p.266798
KUDRNA, O., PENNERSTORFER, J. & LUX, K., 2015.– Distribution Atlas of European Butterflies and Skippers: 632 pp. Wissenschaftlicher, Verlag Peks Schwanfeld.
LENEVEU, J., CHICHVARKHIN, A. & WAHLBERG, N., 2009.– Varying rates of diversification in the genus Melitaea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the past 20 million years.– Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97: 346-361. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01208.x
LERAUT, P., 2016.– Butterflies of Europe and neighbouring regions: 1111 pp. N. A. P. Editions, Verrières-le-Buisson.
MACIÀ, R., CABALLERO-LÓPEZ, B. & MASÓ, G., 2017.– The collection of Lepidoptera type specimens deposited in the Natural Sciences Museum (MCNB), Spain.– Arxius de Miscel-lània Zoològica, 15: 93-206. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2017.15.0093. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2017.15.0093
MANLEY, W. B. L. & ALLCARD, H. G., 1970.– A field Guide to the butterflies and burnets of Spain with reference to those of the remainder of the Iberian Peninsula, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands: 192 pp. + 40 colour plates, E. W. Classey Ltd., Hampton.
MUÑOZ-SARIOT, G. & SÁNCHEZ-MESA, L., 2019a.– Nueva subespecie de Melitaea ornata (Christoph, 1893), con la descripción de sus estadios preimaginales (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).– Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 21: 5-20.
MUÑOZ-SARIOT, G. & SÁNCHEZ-MESA, L., 2019b.– Melitaea ornata pseudornata nuevo nombre de reemplazo para Melitaea ornata baetica Muñoz Sariot & Sánchez Mesa, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).– Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 21: 83-84.
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.
RAGUSA, É. E., 1921.– Elenco dei Lepidotteri di Sicilia.– Il Naturalista Siciliano, 23: 27-61; 144-178.
ROBERT, J. H., ESCARRÉ, T., GARCÍA, T. & MARTÍNEZ, P., 1983.– Fauna Alicantina IV: Lepidópteros Ropalóceros sus plantas nutricias y su distribución geográfica en la Provincia de Alicante. Serie II no. 20: 435 pp. Instituto de Estudios Alicantinos, Alicante.
RUSSELL, P., 2018.– The extensive Palaearctic distribution of Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), exemplified by recent records.– Entomologist’s Gazette, 69: 255-267. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31184/G00138894.694.1684
RUSSELL, P. & BARTOLOZZI, L., 2019.– A revisit to the Melitaea taxon nigrogygia Verity, 1939 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and designation of a Lectotype.– Zootaxa, 4603(3): 592-596. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/Zootaxa.4603.3.13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4603.3.13
RUSSELL, P. J. C., GASCOIGNE-PEES, M., PATEMAN, J. E. & TENNENT, W. J., 2005.– Melitaea emipunica (Verity, 1919) stat. nov.: an hitherto unrecognised butterfly species from Europe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).– Entomologist’s Gazette, 56: 263-268.
RUSSELL, P. & PATEMAN, J., 2011.– Further observations on populations of Melitaea telona Fruhstorfer, 1908 (= ogygia Fruhstorfer, 1908; = emipunica Verity, 1919) in Greece and Italy.– Entomologist’s Gazette, 62: 7-31.
RUSSELL, P. & PATEMAN, J., 2013a.– To which Melitaea species does nigrogygia Verity, 1938, belong? Observations on a Croatian population of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with rearing results and comments on f. occitanica Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).– Entomologist’s Gazette, 64: 43-51.
RUSSELL, P. & PATEMAN, J., 2013b.– To which Melitaea species does nigrogygia Verity, 1938, belong? Observations on a Croatian population of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with rearing results and comments on f. occitanica Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), corrigendum.– Entomologist’s Gazette, 64: 84.
RUSSELL, P., PATEMAN, J. & VEROVNIK, R., 2014.– First record of Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893, from Slovenia, with notes on its confirmed distribution and hybridisation with M. phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775).– Entomologist’s Gazette 65: 135-153.
RUSSELL, P. & TENNENT, W. J., 2016.– A synonymic list of names associated with western Palaearctic Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) species group taxa M. phoebe; M. punica Oberthür, 1876; M. ornata Christoph, 1893) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae).– Nota lepidopterologia, 39(1): 27-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.39.5929
RUSSELL, P., TENNENT, W. J., PATEMAN, J., VARGA, Z. S., BENYAMINI, D., PE’ER, G., BÁLINT, Z. & GASCOIGNE-PEES, M., 2007.– Further observations into Melitaea telona Fruhstorfer, 1908 (= ogygia Fruhstorfer, 1908; = emipunica Verity, 1919) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), with observations on biology and distribution.– Entomologist’s Gazette, 58: 137-166.
RUSSELL, P., ZITNAN, D. & MAJOR, V., 2015.– Confirmation of the presence of Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Macedonia (FYROM) and its host-plants.– Entomologist’s Gazette, 66: 13-24.
SAGARRA, I., 1926.– Anotacions a la lepidopterologia ibèrica IV (1).– Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural, 26: 128-139.
SAGARRA, I., 1931.– Anotacions a la lepidopterologia ibèrica V. (2). Formes noves de lepidòpters ibérica.– Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural, 30: 110-118.
SÁNCHEZ-MESA, L. & MUÑOZ-SARIOT, G., 2017.– Melitaea ornata (Christoph, 1893), nueva especie para la Península Ibérica. Primeros datos de su morfología, biología y ecología comparada con los de Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775). (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).– Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 18: 313-324.
STAUDER, H., 1914.– Eine Sammelreise nach Unteritalien. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der sorrentinischen Halbinsel und des Cocuzzo-Massivs in Calabrien.– Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie Berlin, 10(8/9): 265-269, (10-12): 369-379, 1 Taf.
STAUDINGER, O., 1871.– Macrolepidoptera.– In O. STAUDINGER & M. WOCKE (Eds). Catalog der Lepidopteren des Europaeischen Faunengebiets: 426 pp., Burdach, Dresden. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9475
TENNENT, W. J. & RUSSELL, P., 2010.– Designation of a Neotype for the nominal taxon Papilio phoebe [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae).– Entomologist’s Gazette, 61: 147-153.
TÓTH, J. P. & VARGA, Z., 2011.– Inter- and intraspecific variation in the genitalia of the ‘Melitaea phoebe group’ (Lepidoptera. Nymphalidae).– Zoologischer Anzeiger, 250: 258-268. [6 pp. of Appendix with key and figures of genitalia only present in the on-line version: available from http://www.nsciencedirect.com” doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2011.05002]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2011.05.002
TÓTH, J. P., VARGA, K., VÉGVÁRI, Z. & VARGA, Z., 2012.– Distribution of the Eastern knapweed fritillary (Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) past present and future.– Journal of Insect Conservation, 17(2): 245-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-012-9503-2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-012-9503-2
TÓTH, J. P., BERACZKI, J., VARGA, Z., ROTA, J., SRAMKO, G. & WAHLBERG, N., 2014.– Relationships within the Melitaea phoebe species group (Nymphalidae): new insights from molecular and morphometric information.– Systematic Entomology, 39(4): 749-757. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12083
TURATI, E., 1920.– Nuove forme di Lepidotteri IV: Correzioni e note critiche.– Il Naturalista Siciliano, 23: 203-351, plates 1-4.
VAN OORSCHOT, H. & COUTSIS, J. G., 2014.– The genus Melitaea Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) Taxonomy and Systematics with special reference to the male genitalia: 360 pp. Tschikolovets publications, Pardubice.
VARGA, Z., SZABÓ, S. & KOZMA, P., 2005.– Melitaea ogygia kovacsi Varga 1967 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Pannonian region: taxonomy, bionomy, conservation biology, pp. 65-68.– In E. KÜHN, R. FELDMANN, J. THOMAS & J. SETTELE (Eds). Studies on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in Europe, 1: general concepts and case studies.– (Conference Proceedings, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, December 2005).
VERITY, R., 1919-1922.– Seasonal polymorphism and races of some European Grypocera and Rhopalocera.– Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, 31(1919): 26-31, 43-48, 87-89, 121-129, 178-184, 193-201; 32(1920): 3-8, 140-152; 33(1921): 170-176, 190-193, 210-214;
(1922): 12-15, 68-73, 89-93, 124-142.
VERITY, R., 1926-1928.– Zygaenae, Grypocera and Rhopalocera of the Cottian Alps compared with other races [1].– Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 38(1926): 101-106, 120-126, 170-176; 39(1927): 122-126, 154-157, 172-175; 40(1928): 142-144, 160-163.
VERITY, R., 1938-1939.– Supplement to “The Butterfly races and Zygaenae of Macedonia”.– Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, 50(1938): (1)-(16), 3 pls.; 51(1939): (17)-(20). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400038341
VERITY, R., 1950-1951.– Le farfalle diurne d’Italia, 4: Divisione Papilionida, Sezione Libytheina, Danaina e Nymphalina: Famiglie Apaturidae e Nymphalidae, (1950): xxv + 380 pp.; (1951) colour plates 38-53, monochrome plates 54, XV-XX, Marzocco S. A., Firenza.
VERITY, R., 1952.– Les Variations géographiques et saisonnières des Papillons diurnes en France, II: I-IV, 364 pp. Sciences Nat, Compiegne.
VILLA, R., PELLECCHIA, M. & PESCE, G. B., 2009.– Farfalle d’Italia: 375 pp., Editrice Compositori, Bologna.
VIVES MORENO, A., 2014.– Catálogo sistemático y sinonímico de los Lepidoptera de la Península Ibérica, de Ceuta, de Melilla y de las Islas Azores, Baleares, Canarias, Madeira y Salvajes (Insecta: Lepidoptera): 1184 pp. Suplemento de SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia,
Improitalia, Madrid.
WAHLBERG, N. & ZIMMERMANN, M., 2000.– Pattern of phylogenetic relationships among members of the tribe Melitaeini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.– Cladistics, 16: 347-363. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2000.tb00355.x
WIEMERS, M., BALLETTO, E., DINCA, V. E., FRIC, Z. F., LAMAS, G., LUKHTANOV, V., MUNGUIRA, M. L., VAN SWAY, C. A. M., VILA, R., VLIEGENTHART, A., WAHLBERG, N. & VEROVNIK, R., 2018.– An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea).– ZooKeys, 811: 9-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.810.28712
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2020 P. J. C. Russell, L. Bartolozzi, R. L. Hawkins, W. J. Tennent, T. Léger
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The author SS retains his trademark and patent rights to any process or procedure within the article.
The author retains the right to share, distribute, perform and publicly communicate the article published in SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, with initial acknowledgement of its publication in SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
The author retains the right to make a subsequent publication of his work, from using the article to publishing it in a book, provided that he indicates its initial publication in SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
Each submission to SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología must be accompanied by an acceptance of copyright and acknowledgement of authorship. By accepting them, authors retain copyright of their work and agree that the article, if accepted for publication by SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, will be licensed for use and distribution under a "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International" (CC BY 4.0) licence that allows third parties to share and adapt the content for any purpose giving appropriate credit to the original work.
You may read here the basic information and the legal text of the license. The indication of the CC BY 4.0 License must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.
As of 2022, the content of the print and digital version is licensed under a "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License" (CC BY 4.0), licence that allows third parties to share and adapt the content for any purpose giving appropriate credit to the original work.
Previous content in the journal was published under a traditional copyright licence; however, the archive is available for free access.
When using the contents of SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología published before 2022, including figures, tables or any other material in printed or electronic format belong to the authors of the articles, the authors must obtain the permission of the copyright holder. Legal, financial and criminal liabilities in this respect belong to the author(s).
In application of the Principle of Priority of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, no other version than the one published by the publisher may be deposited in repositories, personal websites or similar.
