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Post by dertodesking on Dec 17, 2015 12:03:39 GMT -8
Dear group members,
Can anyone confirm the subspecies of the following? Many thanks in advance...
Z. polyxena - Russia (Voronezh Region) Z. polyxena - Hungary Z. polyxena - Slovakia Z. polyxena - France (Vaucluse?)
Z. cerisy - Greece (Thessalonika) Z. cerisy - Russia (Krasnodarsky Kray) Z. cerisy - Macedonia Z. cerisy - Cyprus
Once again, many thanks...
Simon
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Post by hewi on Dec 17, 2015 14:34:42 GMT -8
after Bollino, M. & Racheli, T., 2012, Butterflies of the World, Supplement 20,
Russia, Hungary and Slovakia = Z. polyxena polyxena southern France = previously unnamed subspecies of polyxena
Macedonia, NE-Greece = A. cerisy ferdinandi Cyprus = A. cerisy cerisy Russia = another species, probably A. caucasica
regards, Manfred
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Post by Adam Cotton on Dec 18, 2015 8:44:18 GMT -8
Allancastria caucasica shouldn't get as far north as Krasnodar, and A. cerisy definitely isn't found there. Are you sure of the identity and the data?
Bollino & Racheli (2012) synonymised the Russian Zerynthia polyxena thesto with subspecies polyxena.
Adam.
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Post by dertodesking on Dec 19, 2015 13:29:14 GMT -8
Dear Manfred and Adam,
Thank you for your help with these.
I'll try and take some pictures of the Russian specimens and post over the next day or so...until then - thanks again.
Simon
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