?64. Pieris elbursina Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937

Original combination.

" Pieris ergane, Hbn. ssp. elbursina, ssp. nov." Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937 Ent. Rec. 49: 1-2.

Current combination.

Pieris ergane elbursina Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937.

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Type material.

Syntypes 3?? 1? (ZMH 827610-827613) (Fig. 64). "IRAN / Keredj (1500 m.) / 18/5 1936 / Brandt" // "Cotypus / Pieris ergane ssp. / pfeifferi / By.S+Br." // "Coll Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960" // ZMH 827610"; "IRAN / Keredj (1200 m.) / 4.4. 1936 / Brandt" // "Cotypus / P. ergane / ssp. pfeifferi / By.S & Br." // " ssp. pfeifferi Byt." // "Coll Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960" // ZMH 827611"; "IRAN / Keredj (1500 m.) / 20/5 1936 / Brandt" // "Cotypus / Pieris ergane ssp. / pfeifferi / By.S+Br." // "Coll Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960" // ZMH 827612"; "IRAN / Keredj (1500 m.) / 18/5 1936 / Brandt" // "Cotypus / ergane ssp. / pfeifferi / By.S+Br." // "ssp. pfeifferi / By.S. & Br." // "Coll Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20, 1960" // ZMH 827613".

Type locality.

Iran: Tehran, “Keredj” [Karaj].

Remarks.

Label indicates ssp. pfeifferi, but apparently this name does not exist. Collection data are identical to ssp. elbursina, possibly a last-minute name change by Bytinski-Salz.