* Nemoleon poecilopterus (Stein, 1863)

(Fig. 6C)

Material examined: 1♂ IRAQ, Sulaymaniyah, Gapilon, Balkhé Village Qulla Chankh, 35°46’59.9”N, 45°22’34.2”E, 18.IX.2023 leg: Farhad A. Khudhur .

Remarks: This species range extends from southern Europe through the arid mountains of the Middle East to Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia (Aspöck et al. 2001). A distributional record from Niger (Fraser 1950) is unlikely. We report this species as a new country record for Iraq.

This is the only known Nemoleon species in the region. The wing pattern is slightly variable but characteristic of the species (Fig. 6C). On the legs, the tarsal segment 1 is conspicuously elongated, the tibial spurs are straight and as long as the tarsal segment 1.