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. 2023 Jul 3;11:e103101. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e103101

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