?106. Fabriciana altonevadensis Reisser, 1927

Original combination.

" Argynnis niobe var. nov. altonevadensis" Reisser, 1927 Int. Ent. Z. Guben 20: 373.

Current combination.

Fabriciana niobe altonevadensis (Reisser, 1927).

Current status.

Junior subjective synonym of Fabriciana niobe niobe (Linnaeus, 1758).

Type material.

Syntypes 1? 1? (ZMH 827656-827657) (Fig. 106). "Type # 7? / Argynnis niobe var. / altonevadensis Reisser / Int. Ent. Z. guben / Summer 1927" // "HISPANIA VII 26 / SIERRA NEVADA / O BUBACEK" // [blank label] // "ZMH 827656"; "Type # 4? / Argynnis niobe var. / altonevadensis Reisser / Int. Ent. Z. guben / Summer 1927" // "HISPANIA VII 26 / SIERRA NEVADA / O BUBACEK" // [blank label] // "ZMH 827657".

Type locality.

Spain: “… auf den Höhen der Sierra Nevada in Südspanien …“ . [higher areas of Sierra Nevada in southern Spain].

Remarks.

Reisser (1927) proposed this name as a “var.” of Argynnia niobe (Linnaeus, 1758). According to article 45.6.4 (ICZN 1999), it is subspecific if first published before 1961 and author expressly used the term “var.” .