Anthocharis damone morea Back and Nazari, 2025
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.8 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A852F33-B051-40A6-97DB-426C3C3B079A |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16960931 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/074AEA18-FFB0-822B-C3E2-F2F5DFC892F3 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Anthocharis damone morea Back and Nazari |
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subsp. nov. |
Anthocharis damone morea Back and Nazari , ssp. nov. ( Fig. 4 i–l View Fig )
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Holotype: ♂ Greece: Taygetos , 23.IV.2001, BOLD SampleID: DNAwback016 (coll. Back).
Paratypes: 1♀ same data as holotype, (coll. Back) ; 1♂ Greece: Stemnitsa , 23.IV.2001 (coll.
Back).
Distribution: Southern Greece (Peloponnese, Chelmos, Taygetos).
Etymology: Morea was the name given to the Peloponnese peninsula in the 12th century by the crusaders and the Venetians due to the shape of the peninsula that resembled a mulberry leaf.
Description: Male. Wingspan 32–36 mm (n=2), similar to ssp. arachovae in the yellow gc and orange apical patch. The latter extends along the costa and partially over the black basal border of the upfw; the black border is clearly reduced and mostly going only from the costa to the middle cell. Female. Wingspan 34 mm (n=1); similar to ssp. arachovae , but in fw apex yellowish-ochre veins are reduced, uphw yellowish-ochre coating strongly reduced.
Differential diagnosis. The most reliable diagnostic character for this subspecies is the strong reduction of the black border of the orange patch on the ♂ fw.
Notes. Hostplant is Isatis tinctoria .
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