Polyommatus selma Koçak, 1996

Tshikolovets, Vadim, 2017, New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan, Zootaxa 4358 (1), pp. 107-124 : 117

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scientific name	Polyommatus selma Koçak, 1996
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Material examined. 3♂ with the following labels “O-Afghanistan, Prov. Kunar-Nuristan, ob. Lindai Sin-Tal, vic. Barg e-Matal, Dándizenor mts., 4000 m, 15.7.1970, leg. Naumann, Coll. Nr. ZMK 94” ( SMNK).

Distribution range of species. Mountains of eastern Afghanistan (first record) and northern Pakistan. Comment. the single record by Koçak (1996) is based on misidentified specimens of Forster (1937).

References

Forster, W. (1937) Liste der von H. und E. Kotzsch im Hindukusch erbeuteten Lycaeniden. Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 27, 57 - 64, Taf. IV - V.

Kocak, A. O. (1996) List of the taxa of Polyommatus of the South West Asia, with some nomenclatural comments (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Miscellaneous Papers, Centre for Entomological Studies, 30 / 33, 1 - 32.

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FIGURE 25. Polyommatus selma, ♂, Afghanistan, Prov. Kunar-Nuristan, ob. Lindai Sin-Tal, vic. Barg e-Matal, Dándizenor mts., 4000 m, 15.7.1970, leg. Naumann (SMNK).