Colias aurorina lauta ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) – a new subspecies from the central part of the Greater Caucasus

Abstract

РОССИЙСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК Южный Научный Центр RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Southern Scientific Centre CAUCASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL BULLETIN Ростов-на-Дону 2010 Colias aurorina lauta ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)-новый подвид из центральной части Большого Кавказа Colias aurorina lauta ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)-a new subspecies from the central part of the Greater Caucasus

About Some Features of the North Ossetian Populations of Greek Clouded Yellow (<i>Colias aurorina</i> Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)

“…Vitaly Dobronosov: About Some Features of the North Ossetian Populations of Greek Clouded Yellow (Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850) Thus, the nearest known North Caucasian populations of the species are situated: in the East -in the Republic of Ingushetia, in the neighborhood of the village Torgim (on some topographic maps -Targim) (median point -42°48'41.03"N; 44°55'34.61"E; 1200 m) [11], in the Westin the Tyrnyauzsky District of Kabardino-Balkaria in the neighborhood of the settlements Elbrus (median point -43°15'37.10"N; 42°38'45.98"E; 2100 m) and Verhnij Baksan (median point -43°17'47.62"N; 42°46'15.20"E; 2200 m) [7].…”

“…The following subspecies are the part of species Colias aurorina: aurorina Herrich-Schäffer (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Talysh, Northen Iran, Turkey); libanotica Lederer, 1858 (Israel, Lebanon, Turkey); heldreichi Staudinger, 1862 (Greece); sovarensis Blom, 1979 (Iran); kermana Eckweiler, 1979 (Iran); rosei Gross & Ebert, 1975 (Northen Iran); taurica Rebel, 1901 (Turkey); transcaspica Christoph, 1889 (Turkmenistan); anna Gerhard, 1882 (Daghestan, Armenia, North Ossetia ? ); lauta Morgun, 2010 (Kabardino-Balkaria) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

“…The first records of Colias aurorina H-S. in North Ossetia were given by Mikhail Ryabov [6]. Dmitry Morgun [7] in Anatoly Tsvetaev's collection (Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Moscow) have listed two specimens: a male and a female of a white form in the neighborhood of the village Lars (collecting of Mikhail Ryabov in 1922); 5 specimens from the same area are available in the collection of Zoological institute of Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg (are collected on July 12, 1922 by Mikhail Ryabov). Specimens from North Ossetia were marked by Anatoly Tsvetaev as ssp.…”

“…The analysis of all collection material's systematic features available to him, including from North Ossetia, with allocation of new central Caucasian subspecies of Colias aurorina lauta, has been carried out by Dmitry Morgun [7].…”