Note
After the publication, we were notified of errors in the identification of some species from the presented historical collections (Stancă-Moise et al. 2023).
The updated names of the species in the collections should also be taken into account in Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 from the article, which describe the results of the centralised data after the inventory of the collections (Daniel Czekelius (DC), Eugen Worell (EW), Viktor Weindel (VW), Rolf Weirauch (RW), Heinrich Hann von Hannenheim (HH), Eckbert Schneider (ES)).
We have revised all obsolete names to the current accepted name and cross-reference data with the current name and the name as originally used in the catalogue below.
Nymphalidae collected in Romania’s fauna between 1887 and 1984 (Table 1).
Table 1.
The names of the species in the collections and actual taxon.
| The names of the species in the collections (from article) | Taxon |
| Libytheaceltis (Laicharting, 1782) | Libytheaceltis (Laicharting, 1782) |
| Argynnispaphia (Linnaeus, 1758) | Argynnispaphia (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Argynnispaphiaf.valensina [Esper, 1798] | Current name: Argynnispaphia (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Argynnispandora ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Argynnispandora ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Argynnispandorasubsp.dacica Hormuzaki, 1892 | Current name: Argynnispandora ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Argynnis (Speyeria) aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) | Current name: Speyeriaaglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Current name: Fabricianaadippe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Argynnis (Fabriciana) niobe (Linnaeus, 1758) | Current name: Fabriciananiobe (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Argynnis (Fabriciana) niobe f. cleodoxa Esper 1789 | Current name: Fabriciananiobe (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Argynnis (Fabriciana) niobe var. pelopia Borkhausen, 1788 | Current name: Fabriciananiobe (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Argynnislaodice (Pallas, 1771) | Argynnislaodice (Pallas, 1771) |
| Argynnislatoniavar.hungarica Aigner-Abafi, 1906 | Current name: Issorialathonia(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Issorialathonia (Linnaeus, 1758) | Issorialathonia (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Brenthisino Rottemburg, 1775 | Brenthisino (Rottemburg, 1775) |
| Brenthisdaphne ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Brenthisdaphne ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Brenthishecate ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Brenthishecate ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Boloriaeuphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) | Boloriaeuphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Boloriaselene ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Boloriaselene ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Boloriadia (Linnaeus, 1767) | Boloriadia (Linnaeus, 1767) |
| Boloriapalessubsp.carpathomeridionalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Crosson & Popescu-Gorj, 1963 | We mention that it is an endemic, accepted subspecies. Boloriapalescarpathomeridionalis Crosson & Popescu-Gorj, 1963 |
| Inachis (Aglais) io (Linnaeus, 1758) | Current name: Aglaisio (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Aglaisurticae (Linnaeus, 1758) | Aglaisurticae (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Polygoniac-album (Linnaeus, 1758) | Polygoniac-album (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Polygoniaegea (Cramer, 1775) |
Polygoniaegea (Cramer, 1775) The species is found in Eugen Worell’s collection and the specimen is not collected from Romania; it is also mentioned in the paper. Material examined: three specimens, June (without collection day), 1910, Pola Istrien (Croația), leg. Wo. |
| Araschnialevana (Linnaeus, 1758) | Araschnialevana (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Araschnialevanaf.porima Ochsenheimer, 1807 | Current name: Araschnialevana (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Araschnialevanaf.prorsa Linnaeus, 1758 | Current name: Araschnialevana (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Araschnialevanaf.intermedia Stichel, 1906 | Current name: Araschnialevana (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Nymphalisantiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nymphalisantiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Nymphalispolychloros (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nymphalispolychloros (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Nymphalisxanthomelas ([Denis & (Schiffermüller], 1775) | Nymphalisxanthomelas ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Nymphalisvaualbum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Nymphalisvaualbum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Euphydryasmaturna (Linnaeus, 1758) | Euphydryasmaturna (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Euphydryasorientalis (Herrich-Schaffer, [1851]) | It is not a European species. The species is distributed in Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, south of the Ural Mountains. |
| Euphydryasaurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) | Euphydryasaurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) |
| Melitaeacinxia (Linnaeus, 1758) | Melitaeacinxia (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Melitaeaphoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Melitaeaphoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Melitaeatrivia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Melitaeatrivia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Melitaeadidyma (Esper, 1778) | Melitaeadidyma (Esper, 1778) |
| Melitaeadidymasubsp.alpina Staudinger, 1861 | Current name: Melitaeadidyma (Esper, 1778) |
| Melitaeadidymasubsp.occidentalis Staudinger, 1861 | The species is not collected from Romania. Material examined: two specimens, 23 July 1934, Kärnten/Karintia Ulrichsberg (Austria), leg. J. Thurner; 14 August 1962, Kärnten/Karintia Ulrichsberg 360 m (Austria), leg. J. Thurner. |
| Melitaeadidymasubsp.meridionalis Staudinger, 1870 | Current name: Melitaeadidyma (Esper, 1778) |
| Melitaeadidymoides Eversmann, 1847 | Meliteadidymoides is widespread in the Far East (eastern Siberia) not in Europe. Absent from the list of European Butterflies (Wiemers et al. 2018). |
| Melitaeadictynna Esper, 1778 | Current name: Melitaeadiamina (Lang, 1789) |
| Melitaeaaurelia Nickerl, 1850 | Melitaeaaurelia Nickerl, 1850 |
| Melitaeaparthenievar.varia Meyer-Dűr, 1851 | The species is not collected from Romania. Material examined: two specimens, 18 July 1927, Tirol Rotmoostal (Austria), leg. O. Holik; 14 July 1930, Tirol Gaisbergatal (Austria), leg. O. Holik; We will mention that it is currently called: Melitaeavaria Herrich-Schaffer, 1851 |
| Melitaeaathalia (Rottemburg, 1775) | Melitaeaathalia (Rottemburg, 1775) |
| Melitaeaathaliasubsp.dictynnoides Hormuzaki, 1898 | Current name: Melitaeaathalia (Rottemburg, 1775) |
| Melitaearetyezatica Diöszeghy, 1930 |
Material examined: nine specimens, 26 July 1919/two specimens, Retezat Mountains (southern Carpathians), 950 m, leg. Diöszeghy; 28 July 1920, Retezat Mountains (southern Carpathians), 1600 m, leg. Diöszeghy; 4 July 1922, Retezat Mountains (southern Carpathians), leg. Diöszeghy; 7 June 1922/five specimens, Retezat Mountains (southern Carpathians), leg. Diöszeghy. Current name: Melitaeaathaliaf.retyezatica (Diószeghy, 1930) (Urbahn and Zehdenick/Havel 1952) |
| Melitaeaathaliasubsp.mehadiensis Gerhard, 1822 | Current name: Melitaeaathalia (Rottemburg, 1775) |
| Melitaeabritomartis Assmann, 1847 | Melitaeabritomartis Assmann, 1847 |
| Melitaeadiaminasubsp.alpestris Fruhstorfer, 1917 | In Romania, we only have: Melitaeadiamina (Lang, 1789) |
| Melitaeanana Rehfons, 1910 | Collection of Daniel Czekelius. Undecipherable labels. Material examined: two specimens, 25 July (no collecting year), Lands (?), leg. Cz; (no day and no month for collecting) Melitaeatrivia var. nana Staudinger, 1871 |
| Melitaeaparthenoides Keferstein, 1851 | This species has never been reported in Romania's fauna. |
| Melitaeaasteria Freyer, 1828 | Erroneous determination in the collection of Eugen Worell. This species has never been reported in Romania's fauna. |
| Limenitispopuli (Linnaeus, 1758) | Limenitispopuli (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Limenitiscamilla (Linnaeus, 1764) | Limenitiscamilla (Linnaeus, 1764) |
| Limenitis sibilla (camilla) Linnaeus, 1764 | It is synonymous with: Limenitiscamilla (Linnaeus, 1764) |
| Limenitisreductasubsp.reducta Staudinger, 1901 | Current name: Limenitisreducta Staudinger, 1901 |
| Neptisrivularis (Scopoli, 1763) | Neptisrivularis (Scopoli, 1763) |
| Neptisrivularissubsp.ludmila Nordmann, 1851 | Current name: Neptisrivularis (Scopoli, 1763) |
| Neptislucilla ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | It is synonymous with: Neptisrivularis (Scopoli, 1763) |
| Neptissappho Pallas, 1771 | Neptissappho (Pallas, 1771) |
| Neptisaceris sensu Lhomme, 1924 | It is synonymous with: Neptissappho (Pallas, 1771) |
| Apaturailia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Apaturailia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Apaturailiavar.eos Rossi, 1794 | Current name: Apaturailia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Apaturaclytie ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | Current name: Apaturailia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| Apaturairis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Apaturairis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Apaturametis Freyer, 1829 | Apaturametis Freyer, 1829 |
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