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)

By

Russell, Peter
Tennent, John (W. John)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-4-18

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

39

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

27--56

Subjects

adult morphology , Distribution , early stage morphology , emipunica , genitalia , Melitaea , ogygia , ornata , Palaearctic , Phenology , Phoebe , punica , synonymy , telona

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.39.5929

 

Abstract

Following indecision and confusion in the literature regarding nomenclature and distribution of Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) and its closely associated congeners M. punica Oberthür, 1876, and M. ornata Christoph, 1893, a synonymic list of phoebe names, and of names both correctly and mistakenly associated with phoebe species-group taxa, is presented. Explanatory footnotes provide the basis of a stable source for future discussion of M. phoebe species-group populations throughout the species’ ranges.