TYPE SPECIMENS OF BUTTERFLIES DESCRIBED BY N. KARDAKOFF IN HIS “ZUR KENNTNIS DER LEPIDOPTEREN DES USSURI-GEBIETES” PRESERVED IN THE MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR EVOLUTIONS- UND BIODIVERSITÄTSFORSCHUNG

Abstract

In the present message the list of type specimens of butterflies described by N. Kardakoff in his paper “Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren des Ussuri-Gebietes” preserved in the the Museum fur Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut fur Evolutions- und Biodiversitatsforschung is provided. Tne lectotypes of the following species-group taxa are designated: Araschnia levana borgesti Kardakoff, 1928, A. levana wladimiri Kardakoff, 1928, Argynnis aglaja graeseri Kardakoff, 1928, A. frigga maritima Kardakoff, 1928, A. thore meridionalis Kardakoff, 1928, A. anadiomene obliterata Kardakoff, 1928, A. laodice ussurica Kardakoff, 1928, Deudorix arata juliae Kardakoff, 1928.

Keywords

• butterflies
• type specimens
• lectotype designations
• N. Kardakoff