?78. Colias balcanica Zuellich, 1929

Original combination.

" Lycaena argyrognomon Bgstr. f. Colias balcanica " Züllich, 1929 Z. Öst . Ent. Ver. 14: 52.

Current combination.

Plebejus argyrognomon balcanica ( Züllich, 1929).

Current status.

Preoccupied by Lycaena semiargus balcanica Tutt, 1909; replacement name Lycaeides argyrognomon baldur (Hemming, 1934) is the current valid name.

Type material.

Holotype 1? (ZMH 827544) (Fig. 78) paratype 1? (ZMH 827543). "BULGARIA OCC. // MON. RILSKI 1200 M / 20. - 31 VII. 1928 // COLL. ZUELLICH" // "Ex Typicalibus / Speciminibus" // “Holotype” // "Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing Nr 20, 1960" // ZMH 827544"; "BULGARIA OCC. // MON. RILSKI 1400 M / 20 VI. - 6 VII. 1928 // COLL. ZUELLICH" // "Ex Typicalibus / Speciminibus" // “Paratypoid” // "Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing Nr 20, 1960" // ZMH 827543".

Type locality.

Bulgaria: "MON. RILSKI" [Monastery Rilski].

Remarks.

Züllich (1929) proposed this name as a form of L. argyrognomon ( Bergsträsser, 1779). According to article 45.6.4 (ICZN 1999), it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the term “form” .