Talk:Colias alfacariensis
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Requested move 8 April 2018
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The result of the move request was: Moved. (closed by page mover) Simplexity22 (talk) 00:31, 16 April 2018 (UTC) [reply ]
Colias sareptensis → Colias alfacariensis – Principle of least surprise. The name sareptensis, albeit older than alfacariensis, is widely regarded as invalid. Virtually every source I can find calls this species Colias alfacariensis. LamBoet (talk) 21:40, 8 April 2018 (UTC) [reply ]
- Pinging User:Plantdrew. (I know this isn't a botanical question, but Plantdrew is very good on these sorts of issues.) Dekimasu よ! 11:03, 15 April 2018 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support This is a slam dunk taxonomically. The ICZN ruled in 2007 to preserve alfacariensis against sareptensis (abstract[1]). Full text PDF of the 2006 proposal to conserve [2]. Plantdrew (talk) 20:56, 15 April 2018 (UTC) [reply ]
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.