Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 101. (Budapest 2009)

Bálint, Zs.: The butterfly taxa described by János Frivaldszky and their type material (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

ANNALES HISTO RI CO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 10 1 Budapest, 200 9 pp. 167-218 The butterfly taxa described by János Frivaldszky and their type material (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) Zs. BÁLINT Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13. E-mail: balint@nhmus.hu Abstract - Four species-group names (Papilionoidea) proposed by JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY in 1886 for butterflies are reviewed studying original descriptions, documentations and type specimens. The name antimus (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Yphtimini: Mycalesis) is consid­ered to be a nomen oblitum. The type is lost. The name kreitneri (Pieridae: Pierinae: Pierini: Aporia) is represented by one male syntype, which is selected and designated as lectotype for fixing the identity of the name. It is suggested that kreitneri represents a hit­herto unrecognised Sino-Himalayan species. The name loczyi (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Yphtimini: Loxerebia) is represented by four male syntypes. One of the syntype specimens is selected and designated as lectotype for fixing the identity of the name. The name szechenyii (Papilionidae: Parnassinae: Parnassini: Parnassius) is represented by one male syntype, which is selected and designated as lectotype for fixing the identity of the name. The taxon Parnassius szechenyii is polytypic and possesses numerous subspecies, and by the lectotype designation the identity of the nominate race is objectively fixed. Certain as­pects regarding the history of the Lepidoptera Collections deposited Department of Zoo­logy, Hungarian Natural History Museum are discussed. With 10 figures. Key words - SZÉCHENYI, FRIVALDSZKY, China, Papilionidae, lectotype. INTRODUCTION The first general head of the zoological collections was JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY in the National Museum of Hungary (= Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum). JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY, who used his Christian name also as Johannes (in German) or Joannes (in Latin), was born in Frivald, county Trencsén, Hungary (now Rajec, Slovakia) on 17th of June, 1822 and died in Budapest, on 29th of March, 1895. In spite of his university studies in Anrtls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 101, 2009

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