Iolana gigantea ( Grumm-Grshimailo, 1885 )

Tshikolovets, Vadim, 2017, New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan, Zootaxa 4358 (1), pp. 107-124 : 114

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.4
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scientific name	Iolana gigantea ( Grumm-Grshimailo, 1885 )
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Iolana gigantea ( Grumm-Grshimailo, 1885)

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Material examined. ♂ with the following label “ Afghanistan sept., Prov. Takhar, Farkhar, 20.5.[19]72, Clas Naumann ” ( SMNK); 2♂, ♀ with the following labels “ Afghanistan, Pandjshir-Tal , Kotal-e-Shawa , 3500–4000 m, 5– 30.6.2010, leg. Assad-family ” (coll. W. ten Hagen) .

Distribution range of species. Afghanistan (first record), India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Comment. Once recorded from Afghanistan by Tuzov (2000), but this record was not based on reliable material (Tuzov pers. comm.).

References

Grumm-Grshimailo, G. (1885) Bericht uber meine Reise in das Alai-Gebiet. In: Romanoff, N. M. (Ed.), Memoires sur les Lepidopteres, St. - Petersbourg, 2, 212 - 247.

Tuzov, V. K. (2000) Family Lycaenidae: Iolana. In: Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and Adjacent Territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Vol. 2. Pensoft, Sofia, Moscow, pp. 153 - 157.