Neolycaena carbonaria (Groum-Grshimaïlo, 1890), Groum-Grshimailo, 1890

Korb, Stanislav K., 2017, A new species of the genus Neolycaena de Nicéville, 1890 from Kyrgyzstan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 4286 (4), pp. 565-572 : 569

Neolycaena carbonaria (Groum-Grshimaïlo, 1890)

(plate 1: figs. 1, 2, 4, 5; plate 2: figs. 5, 6)

Lycaena Tengstroemi Ersch. var. Carbonaria Groum-Grshimaïlo, 1890, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 4: 388; pl. 8, fig. 9 (Type locality: “Dzhilantau, Baldjouan, Buchara”, after lectotype designation ( Zhdanko, 1998b: 653; lectotype in ZISP).

Material examined. 1 male, 23.v.1885, Dzhilantau, Baldjouan, Buchara ( ZISP) (lectotype of carbonaria ) ; 7 males, 2 females, 23.v.1885, same data ( ZISP) (paralectotypes of carbonaria ) ; 1 male, Osch, Stgr. ( ZISP) (holotype of oschi) ; 2 males, 1 female, Osch ( ZISP) ; 1 male, Samarkand (ZISP); 3 males, 8.vi.1969, W. Alai Mts., Pashkaut valley , 2500 m, leg. Babushkin ( ZMMU) ; 1 male, 26.vi.1973, Peter the Great Mts., Tadzhikabad , 2400 m, leg. Tsvetaev ( ZMMU) ; 1 male, 1 female, Iskanderkul lake , leg. Sedykh ( IBCR) ; 1 male, Kirghizia, Dolon Pass , leg. Tsvetaev ( ZMMU) ; 1 male, 16.vi.1992, Kazakhstan, Dzhungarian Alatau Mts., Dzhalanashkol , 175 km E Sarkand, 1200 m, leg. Lukhtanov ( ZISP) (holotype of eckweileri) ; 1 male, 22–24.vi.1989, Kazakhstan, Transili Alatau Mts., Kaskelen, Tshekelen , 1600–1800 m, leg. Tuzov ( ZISP) (holotype of transiliensis) ; 1 male, 12.vi.2006, Kyrgyzstan, Moldo-Too Mts., Kok-Jerty , leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, Kirghizia, 22 km S of Dolon Pass , 2400 m, leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (holotype of baidula) ; 3 males, 2 females, 3.vii.2009, Kyrgyzstan, Akshiyrak Mts., Dolon Pass , 2500 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 12.vii.2014, Akshiyrak Mts., Song-Kel Pass , 3000 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 1.viii.2014, At-Bashi Mts., At-Bashi settlement, 2400 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 2 males, Naryn (ZMHU); 1 male, 26.vi.2006, Naryntoo, Tash-Bashat , leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 27.vi.2006, Kyrgyzstan, Moldo-Too Mts., Kulanak , leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 27.vi.2006, Kyrgyzstan, Moldo-Too Mts., Ak-Tal , leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 2 males, 1 female, 11.vii.2014, Moldo-Too Mts., Ak-Kiya , 1900 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 23.vi.2000, Kyrgyzstan, Talassky Mts., Susamyr river valley, 45 km E Alabel Pass, 2300–2400 m, leg. Churkin ( ZISP) (holotype of iya) ; 1 male, 1 female, 23.v.2007, Kazakhstan, Transili Alatau Mts., Almaarasan , 1900 m, leg. Egorov ( SKK) ; 1 female, 26.vi.2009, Kazakhstan, Transili Alatau Mts., Kok-Tobe , leg. Egorov ( SKK) ; 1 male, Kyrgyzstan, 17.vii.2000 , Kyrgyzstan, Kungey Ala-Too Mts., Toguzbulak , 2000 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) .

Distribution. Widely distributed in the mountains of Middle Asia and SE Kazakhstan.

Habitats. Dry meadows, stony slopes in middle-mountains and highlands (over 2000 m) (plate 3: figs. 5, 6).