?49. Colias tatarica Bang-Haas, 1915

Original combination.

" Colias cocandica tatarica O. B.-H. n. var." Bang-Haas, 1915 Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 29: 98.

Current combination.

Colias cocandica tatarica Bang-Haas, 1915.

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Type material.

Syntype 1? (ZMH 833446) (Fig. 49). “Co-Type” // "Chotan mer / Karakorum / Juli" // "VII. / Chotan. mer. / Karakorum / v. Friedrich [?]" // "ZMH 833446".

Type locality.

China: “… am Nordabhange des Karakorum, in den Gebirgen su¨dlich der Stadt Chotan (Chinesische Tatarei)" [ … around the northern slopes of the Karakorum, in the Mountains south of the town of Chotan (Chinese Tartarei)].

Remarks.

Bang-Haas (1915) proposed this name as a variety of C. cocandica Erschoff, 1874. According to article 45.6.4 (ICZN 1999), it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the terms “variety” or “form” .