Korb S.K.1, Gorbunov O.G.2 2015. On two recently published books on the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.24. No.4: 307–311 [in English].
1 Russian Entomological Society, Nizhny Novgorod Division, P.O.Box 97, Nizhny Novgorod 603009 Russia. E-mail: stanislavkorb@list.ru
2 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninskii Prospekt 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Colias, new books, review.
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.