DYN CL SYN Lycaena virgaureae


		*Lycaena virgaureae* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms
[ORIG]	Papilio virgaureae Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10)1: 484.
		TL: Sweden.
[JS]	Polyommatus virgaureae var. montana Meyer-Dür, 1852. Verz. Schmett. Schweiz 1: 53.
		TL: Glacier du Rhône (Valais, Switzerland).
[JS]	Lycaena oranula Freyer, 1845. Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5(76): 120-121, pl. 455, fig. 1-2.
		TL: Lapland (N Scandinavia).
[JS]	Polyommatus miegii Vogel, 1857. Allg. Dt. naturhist. Ztg. 3: 201-206, pl. 6, fig. 1-4.
		TL: Sierra de Guadarrama, Escorial (C Spain).
[JS]	Polyommatus virgaureae zermattensis Fallou, 1865. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (4)5: 101-102, pl. 2, fig. 3.
		TL: Zermatt (Valais, Switzerland).
[JS]	Polyommatus virgaureae var. apennina Calberla, 1888. Corr.-Bl. Entomol. Ver. Iris 1(1)(4): 125.
		TL: Gran Sasso, Boscolungo (C Italy).
[JS]	Polyommatus virgaureae var. aureomicans Heyne, 1897. Soc. Entomol.12(2): 9.
		TL: Taurus, Mersin (S Turkey).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae var. armeniaca Bang-Haas, 1906. Dt. entomol. Z. Iris 19(3): 128-129.
		TL: Tschorum (Armenia).
[JH]	Chrysophanus virgaureae var. caucasica Jachontov, 1908. Rev. Russe Entomol. 8: 291.
		TL: N Caucasus (Russian Federation) ; nec Lycaena corydon var. caucasica Lederer, 1870.
[JS]	Crysophanus [sic] virgaureae ssp. athanagild Fruhstorfer, 1908. Int. entomol. Z. 2(29): 194.
		TL: Grisons, Engadine (Switzerland).
[JS]	Chryhsophanus [sic] virgaureae ssp. juvara Fruhstorfer, 1908. Int. entomol. Z. 2(29): 195.
		TL: Passau (Bavaria, S Germany).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. osthelderi Fruhstorfer, 1909. Int. entomol. Z. 3(20): 113.
		TL: Fusio (Ticino, Switzerland) ; Formazza, Tosafall (Piedmont, NW Italy).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. alexandrae Fruhstorfer, 1909. Int. entomol. Z. 3(21): 120.
		TL: Turgojak (Ural, Russian Federation).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. pelusiota Fruhstorfer, 1910. Entomol. Z. 24(26): 144.
		TL: Cogne (N Italy).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae race inalpinus Verity, 1913.J. linn. Soc. (Zool.) 32(215): 187.
		TL: Valdieri (Piedmont, NW Italy).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. chrysorhoas Fruhstorfer, 1917. Dt. entomol. Z. Iris 31(1-2): 33.
		TL: Homburg (Germany).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. cissites Fruhstorfer, 1917. Dt. entomol. Z. Iris 31(1-2): 34.
		TL: Gadmental (Bern, Switzerland).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. theages Fruhstorfer, 1917. Dt. entomol. Z. Iris 31(1-2): 40.
		TL: Le Prese et Brusio, Poschlovtal (Grisons, Switzerland).
[JS]	Lycaena virgaureae ssp. vera Hemming & Graves, 1928.The Entomologist 61: 87.
		TL: Haute-Loire dep. (France).
[JS]	Lycaena virgaureae ssp. pyrenaeicola Hemming & Graves, 1928. The Entomologist 61: 104.
		TL: Pyrénées orientales dep. (France).
[JS]	Lycaena virgaureae ssp. balcanicola Hemming & Graves, 1928. The Entomologist 61: 106.
		TL: Kostenetz (S Bulgaria).
[JS]	Heodes virgaureae race gravesica Verity, 1929. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 1929(7): 129.
		TL: Aigoual (Lozère dep., France).
[JS]	Heodes virgaureae race mediomontana Verity, 1929. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 1929(7): 131.
		TL: Col de Sestrières (Piedmont, NW Italy) ; Montgenèvre (Hautes-Alpes dep., SE France).
[JS]	Heodes virgaureae race pyrenemontana Verity, 1929. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 1929(7): 131.
		TL: Gèdre (Hautes-Pyrénées dep., France).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. delicata Higgins, 1930. The Entomologist 63(804): 99.
		TL: Piedmont (NW Italy).
[JS]	Chrysophanus virgaureae ssp. rhenana Heydemann, 1943. Dt. entomol. Z. Iris 55: 99.
		TL: Germany.
[JS]	Lycaena virgaureae ssp. pyronitens Szabó, 1956. Folia entomol. Hung. 9(13): 299, 340.
		TL: Hungary.
[JS]	Lycaena (Heodes) virgaureae denizae Eckweiler & Rose, 1993. Nachr. Entomol. Ver. Apollo NF 13(3a): 356, pl. 1, f. 1-8.
		TL: Isparta, Eğridir, Aksu, Dedegöl Dağ (Turkey).
[NN]	Lycaena virgaureae nom. nov. mikaeli Tsvetkov, 2010. Caucasian Entomol. Bull.6(1): 99.
		Replacement name for Chrysophanus virgaureae caucasica Jachontov, 1908.

Notes
(1)	List of the subspecies not found in the Western Palearctic: Lycaena (Heodes) virgaureae virgaureola (Staudinger, 1892) ; L. (H.) virgaureae mongolica (Kurentsov, 1970) ; L. (H.) virgaureae lena (Kurentsov, 1970) ; ...

Bibliography
Bang-Haas A. 1906. Neue oder wenig bekannte palaearctische Macrolepidopteren. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 19(3): 127-144. (url)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae armeniaca.

Calberla H. 1888. Die Macrolepidopterenfauna der römischen Campagna und der angrenzenden Provinzen Mittel-Italiens. Correspondenz-Blatt des Entomologischen Vereins Iris 1(1)(4): 119-158. (url)
	New taxon: Polyommatus virgaureae apennina.

Eckweiler W. & Rose K. 1993. Zwei neue Lycaeniden aus der Südwesttürkei (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 13(3a): 355-364, pl. 1-2. (url)
	New taxon: Lycaena (Heodes) virgaureae denizae.

Fallou J. 1865. Le Polyommatus Bvd.virgaureae L. variété zermattensis Fal. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (4)5: 101-102, pl. 2. (url)
	New taxon: Polyommatus virgaureae zermattensis.

Freyer C. F. [1842]-1845. Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde, mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. Fünfter Band, Hefte 65 bis 80. Augsburg: Math. Rieger (Ed.). (Register): [1]-[2], (65): i-ii, 3-14, pl. 385-390 ; (66): 15-24, pl. 391-396 ; (67): 25-32, pl. 397-402 ; (68): 33-44, pl. 403-408 ; (69): 45-52, pl. 409-414 ; (70stes Heft): 53-62, pl. 415-420 ; (71): 63-74, pl. 421-426 ; (72): 75-86, pl. 427-432 ; (73): 87-96, pl. 433-438 ; (74): 97-106, pl. 439-444 ; (75): 107-116, pl. 445-450 ; (76): 117-124, pl. 451-456 ; (77): 125-134, pl. 457-462 ; (78): 135-144, pl. 463-468 ; (79): 145-156, pl. 469-474 ; (80): 157-166, pl. 475-480. note on publication dates: Tremewan, 1988 (url): [1842]: (65)-(67) ; [1843]: (68)-(71) ; [1844]: (72)-(75) ; 1845: (76)-(80)) (url)
	New taxon: Lycaena oranula.

Fruhstorfer H. 1908. Neue palaearktische Rhopaloceren-Rassen. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(29): 194-195. (url)
	New taxa: Crysophanus virgaureae athanagild, Chryhsophanus virgaureae juvara.

Fruhstorfer H. 1909. Neue Palaearkten. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 3(20): 112-113. (url)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae osthelderi.

Fruhstorfer H. 1909. Neue Palaearkten. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 3(21): 120. (url)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae alexandrae.

Fruhstorfer H. 1910. Neue palaearktische Rhopaloceren. Entomologische Zeitschrift 24(26): 144. (url)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae pelusiota.

Fruhstorfer H. 1917. Neue palaearktische Lycaeniden. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 31(1-2): 24-43. (url)
	New taxa: Chrysophanus virgaureae chrysorhoas, Chrysophanus virgaureae cissites, Chrysophanus virgaureae theages.

Graves P. P. & Hemming A. F. 1928. The geographical variation of Lycaena virgaureae Linn. The Entomologist 61: 25-31, pl. 2-3, 56-62, 86-90, 104-109, 128-135. (url not available)
	New taxa: Lycaena virgaureae vera, Lycaena virgaureae pyrenaeicola, Lycaena virgaureae balcanicola.

Heydemann F. 1943. Ueber einige Tagfalterrassen. Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Rassenbildung bei Lepidopteren. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 55: 85-106. (url not available)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae rhenana.

Heyne A. 1897. Polyommatus virgaureae L. nov. var. aureomicans. Societas entomologica 12(2): 9. (url)
	New taxon: Polyommatus virgaureae aureomicans.

Higgins L. G. 1930. A Lepidopterological excursion to Piedmont. The Entomologist 63(804): 97-100, (805): 125-127, (806): 152-155, (807): 179-183, (808): 199-203. (url not available)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae delicata.

Jachontov A. A. 1908. ЗамѢтки о кавказскихъ Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Revue Russe d’Entomologie 8: 282-292. (url)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae caucasica.

Linnaeus C. 1758. III. Lepidoptera. Caroli Linnaei, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I ; Editio Decima, Reformata. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentii Salvii (Ed.). pp. 458-542. (url)
	New taxon: Papilio virgaureae.

Meyer-Dür R. L. 1852. Verzeichniss der Schmetterlinge der Schweiz. I. Abtheilung ; Tagfalter. Zürich: Zürcher & Furrer (Ed.). pp. 1-239, pl. 1. (url)
	New taxon: Polyommatus virgaureae montana.

Szabó R. 1956. Magyarország Lycaenidái. Folia entomologica hungarica - Rovartani Közlemények 9(13): 235-362. (url)
	New taxon: Lycaena virgaureae pyronitens.

Tsvetkov E. V. 2010. Caucasian subspecies of Lycaenid butterfly Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 6(1): 99-100. (url)
	New taxon: Lycaena virgaureae mikaeli.

Verity R. 1913. Revision of the Linnean Types of Paleearctic Rhopalocera. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 32(215): 173-191. (url)
	New taxon: Chrysophanus virgaureae inalpinus.

Verity R. 1929. Considérations sur les races françaises de l’Heodes virgaureae L. (Lep. Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1929(7): 128-131. (url)
	New taxa: Heodes virgaureae gravesica, Heodes virgaureae mediomontana, Heodes virgaureae pyrenemontana.

Vogel E. 1857. Ein neuentdeckter Schmetterling aus Spanien. Allgemeine deutsche naturhistorische Zeitung 3: 201-206, pl. 6. (url)
	New taxon: Polyommatus miegii.

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