On two recently published books on the genus colias fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Abstract

In the present work some nomenclatorial, taxonomic and zoogeographic errors, which were made in recently published revisions of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807, are examined and corrected. The following nomenclatorial acts are applied: C. alta worthyi Zhdanko, 2012, stat.n., C. phicomone oberthueri Verity, 1909, stat.rest., C. palaeno aias Fruhstorfer, 1903, stat.rev., C. alpherakii roschana Grum-Grshimailo, 1893, stat.rest., C. hyperborea hyperborea Grum-Grshimailo, 1899 = C. hyperborea puella Churkin et Grieshuber, 2001, syn.n., C. regia svetlanae Korb et Yakovlev, 1998, stat. rest.