A supplement to ‘Types of Balkan butterflies in the collection of The Natural History Museum, London’
(Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

This is an addition to a paper on the types of Balkan butterflies in The Natural History Museum, London (Abadjiev, 2002). Each line in the text of the labels is separated by a vertical line ‘|’. In quotations of combined labels (handwritten on printed forms) the handwritten text is reproduced in italics; completely handwritten and completely printed labels are quoted in a plain character face.


Erebia calcarius Lorkovic, 1953

calcarius Lorkovic, 1953

‘[Erebia tyndarus] calcarius nova ssp.’ Lorkovic, 1953 (Specificka, semispecificka i rasna diferencijacija kod leptira Erebia tyndarus Esp. I. Novi alopatrijski oblici vrste E. tyndarus Esp. i analiza njihovih srodstvenih i sistematskih odnosa. — Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti 5: 279). Type locality: [Slovenia]: ‘Mojstrovka, 1600 m’ (l. c.: 279).

Paratypes male, female with labels:

[male] (1) printed (on white paper) ‘Julijske Alpe | Mojstrovka | Grebenec, 1600 m | 25. 7. 1950. | Z. Lorkovic leg.’; (2) handwritten (on white paper) ‘E. tyndarus | ssp. calcarius | Lorkovic male | Topotypus | Paratypus’; (3) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662232’;
[female] (1) printed (on white paper) ‘Julijske Alpe | Mojstrovka | Grebenec, 1750 m | 26. 7. 1950. | Z. Lorkovic leg.’; (2) handwritten (on white paper) ‘calcarius Lrk. female | Paratypus | Topotypus’; (3) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662233’;
— Both paratypes with (1) circle printed (on white paper with yellow frame) ‘Para- | type’; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions (on white paper) ‘Brit.Mus. | 1954-171’.

The number of the type specimens originally not stated. Treated as a different species.


illyrica Lorkovic, 1953

‘[Erebia tyndarus] illyrica n. ssp.’ Lorkovic, 1953 (Specificka, semispecificka i rasna diferencijacija kod leptira Erebia tyndarus Esp. I. Novi alopatrijski oblici vrste E. tyndarus Esp. i analiza njihovih srodstvenih i sistematskih odnosa. — Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti 5: 284). Type locality: [Yugoslavia: Montenegro]: ‘Durmitor, 2100—2200 m’ (l. c.: 284).

Paratypes 5 males, 3 females with labels:

[1 male] (1) circle printed (on white paper with yellow frame) ‘Para- | type’; (2) handwritten (on white paper) ‘E. (tyndarus) | cassioides | ssp. illyrica Lrk. | Paratypus | Topotypus’; (3) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662138’;
[2 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662176’;
[3 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662177’;
[4 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662178’;
[5 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662179’;
[6 female] (1) handwritten (on white paper) ‘illyrica Lrk. female | Paratypus | Topotypus’; (2) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662139’;
[7 female] (1) printed with handwritten inscriptions (on white paper) ‘Montenegro sept. | Durmitor | 1700-1800 m | 25. 8. 1949. | Z. Lorkovic leg.’; (2) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 6621780’;
[8 female] (1) printed (on white paper) ‘Montenegro sept. | Durmitor | Terzin Bogaz | 2200 m | 30. 8. 1949. | Z. Lorkovic leg.’; (2) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662181’;
— Paratypes 1 and 6 with (1) printed (on white paper) ‘Montenegro sept. | Durmitor, Meded | 1900—2100 m | 28. 8. 1949. | Z. Lorkovic leg.’; (2) printed with handwritten inscriptions (on white paper) ‘Brit.Mus. | 1954-171’; 2—5, 7 and 8 with printed with handwritten inscriptions (on white paper) ‘E. cassioides ssp. | illyrica Lork. | det. Z. Lorkovic. | B.M. 1955-462.’; 2—5 with printed (on white paper) ‘Montenegro sept. | Durmitor | Lokvice 1900 m | 25. 8. 1949. | Z. Lorkovic leg.’.

The number of the type specimens originally not stated. Treated as a subspecies of Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hohenwarth, 1792).


illyromacedonica Lorkovic,1953

‘[Erebia tyndarus] illyromacedonica n. n.’ Lorkovic, 1953 (Specificka, semispecificka i rasna diferencijacija kod leptira Erebia tyndarus Esp. I. Novi alopatrijski oblici vrste E. tyndarus Esp. i analiza njihovih srodstvenih i sistematskih odnosa. — Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti 5: 287—288). Type locality: [Macedonia]: ‘Sarplanina, Popova Sapka 1800 m’ (l. c.: 288).

Paratypes 4 males, 3 females with labels:

[1 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662182’;
[2 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662183’;
[3 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662184’;
[4 male] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662185’;
[5 female] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662186’;
[6 female] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662187’;
[7 female] printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) # 662188’;
— Paratypes 1—4 with handwritten (on white paper) ‘Sharplanina | Popova Shapka | 25.7.—10.8.952.’; 5—7 with handwritten (on white paper) ‘Sarplanina | Popova Sapka | 25.7.—10.8.952 | Z. Lorkovic leg.’; all with printed with handwritten inscriptions (on white paper) ‘E. cassioides ssp. | illyromacedonica Lork. | det. Z. Lorkovic. | B.M. 1955-462.’.

The number of the type specimens originally not stated. Treated as a subspecies of Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hohenwarth, 1792).


Apatura metis Freyer, 1929

balcanica Nguyen Thi Hong, 1976

‘A.[patura] m.[etis] balcanica subsp. nov.’ Nguyen Thi Hong, 1976 (Les Apatura: Polymorphisme et Speciation (Lepidopteres Nymphalidae): 39; Pl. 6: Fig. 1; Pl. 10: Figs 1, 2). Type locality: [Serbia:] ‘Kragouyevatz’ (l. c.: 39).

Holotype male with labels:

— (1) printed (on white paper) ‘Kragouyevatz | Servia | W. Taborski’; (2) printed (on white paper) ‘B.M.1951—635’; (3) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) #720374’.

Paratypes male, female with labels:

[male] (1) printed (on white paper) ‘Greece | Merlin Coll. | 96—275.’; (2) handwritten (on white paper) ‘Acarnan. | 11 63.’; (3) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) #720372’. [Illustrated on Fig. 1].
[female] (1) printed (on white paper) ‘Kragouyevatz | Servia | W. Taborski’; (2) printed (on white paper) ‘B.M.1951—635’; (3) printed (on white paper) ‘BMNH(E) #720373’. [Illustrated on Fig. 2].

The paratypes have been illustrated on plate 10: figs 1, 2. The originally stated locality of the specimen illustrated on fig. 2 (the female), Greece, is erroneous (cf. labels above). Actually all the specimens represent Apatura ilia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775).


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank Mr Phil Ackery, Mrs Kim Goodger, and Mr Jim Reynolds, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, for their invaluable help.


REFERENCES

Abadjiev, S. P. (2002): Types of Balkan butterflies in the collection of The Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea & Papilionoidea). — Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 53: 3—53.
Lorkovic, Z. (1953): Specificka, semispecificka i rasna diferencijacija kod leptira Erebia tyndarus Esp. I. Novi alopatrijski oblici vrste E. tyndarus Esp. i analiza njihovih srodstvenih i sistematskih odnosa. — Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti 5: 269—313, Tab I—V.
Nguyen Thi Hong (1976): Les Apatura: Polymorphisme et Speciation (Lepidopteres Nymphalidae). Sciences Nat, Paris, 86 pp., 11 pls.