CONTRIBUTION TO THE SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF LYCAENID BUTTERFLIES OF THE GENUS GLAUCOPSYCHE SCUDDER, 1872 (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE)

Authors

  • S.K. Korb Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the Russian Entomological Society. Nizhny Novgorod State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2013-5-2-177-179

Keywords:

Lycaenidae, Glaucopsyche, new taxa, systematics, distribution

Abstract

The lectotype of Lycaena charybdis Staudinger, 1886 is designated and a new subspecies Glaucopsyche aeruginosa memorabilis Korb, ssp. nov. is described (type locality: Tadjikistan, Peter the Great Mts., Garzani-Kaftar Pass near Lyangar village, 2800–3100 m). G. laetifica (Püngeler, 1901) is reported as a new species for Russian and European fauna by the materials collected in Saratov, Astrakhan and Volgograd Provinces.

References

МКЗН, 2004. Международный Кодекс Зоологической Номенклатуры. Издание 4-е. М.: КМК. 223 с.

Korb S.K., 2012. To the systematics of blue butterflies of the genus Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 in the Tian-Shan mountains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) // Atalanta. Vol. 43, N 1/2. P. 173-180.

Nekrutenko Y.P., 2000. A catalogue of the type specimens of Palaearctic Riodinidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) deposited in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin // Nota lipid. Vol. 23, N 3/4. P. 192- 352.

Staudinger O., 1886. Centralasiatische Lepidopteren // Stett. ent. Z. Bd. 47, No. 7-9. S. 225-256.

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2013-06-27

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