Polyommatus lehanus armatheus ( Fruhstorfer, 1916 )

Tshikolovets, Vadim, 2017, New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan, Zootaxa 4358 (1), pp. 107-124 : 116-117

Polyommatus lehanus armatheus ( Fruhstorfer, 1916)

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Material examined. ♂ with the following label “NO-Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan, Kleiner Pamir, 5 km nordöstl. Bzhai-Gumbaz , 3820 m, 13.7.1971, leg. G. Ebert & C. Naumann, Tagfg . Coll. Nr. 246/SMNK E-Lep. 35”; 2♂, ♀ with the following labels “NO-Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan, Kleiner Pamir , Wadi-e-Kol-Bashi, 3950 m, 14.7.1971, leg. G. Ebert & C. Naumann, Tagfg . Coll. Nr. 248/SMNK E-Lep. 35”; 2♂ with the following labels “N-Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan, Pamir-e-kalon: Darr. -e-Tolibai, 4-4200 m, 7.–9.8.[19]72, leg. Brade & Naum [ann], [coll.] C. Naumann ” ( SMNK) .

Distribution range of species. Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan and Tajikistan.

Comment. records from Kyrgyzstan require confirmation.

Distribution range of subspecies. armatheus is described from “Chotan meridionalis, Schahidulla” [ China, Xinjiang, Xaidulla, W. Kunlun Mts.] and distributed from Kunlun across Karakorum to Pamir and central part of the Hindukush mountain range; here is the first record from Afghanistan.

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FIGURE23. Polyommatuslehanus armatheus, ♂, Afghanistan, Prov.Badakhshan,Kleiner Pamir, Wadi-e-Kol-Bashi, 3950 m, 14.7.1971, leg.G.Ebert & C. Naumann(SMNK).