Neolycaena tengstroemi Erschoff 1874

Neolycaena tengstroemi (Erschoff, 1874)

(plate 1: figs. 3, 6–8; plate 2: figs. 1, 2)

Lycaena Tengstroemi Erschoff, 1874, Izvestiya Imperatorskogo Obstshestva Lyubiteley Estestvoznaniya, Antropologii i Etnografii [Известия Императорского Общества любителей естествознания, антропологии и этнографии] 11 (2): 11; pl. 1, fig. 8 (Type locality: “Turkestan, Kysyl-Kum sands”, after lectotype designation (Zhdanko, 1998b: 648; lectotype in ZMMU).

Material examined. 2 males, Beginning of May, Turkestan, Kyzyl-Kum, leg. Fedtchenko (lectotype and paralectotype of tengstroemi) (ZMMU); 5 males, 30.v.1985, Kazakhstan, 85 km N of Sergeevka, Lepsy river, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (holotype and paratypes of balchaschensis); 6 males, 1 female, 28.v.1985, Kazakhstan, 40 km N of Ushtobe, Karatal river, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis); 23.v.1975, Kazakhstan, Bakanas, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis); 1 male, 1 female, 11.vi. 1991, 20 km NW Nurly, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis); 2 males, 2.vi.1978, Kazakhstan, 20 km NW of Syaka, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis); 1 male, 25.vi.1980, Zaisan lake, 10 km W of Krupskoy settlement, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (paratype of balchaschensis); 3 males, 27.v.1910, Russian Empire, Zaisansky Uezd, Karabulak, leg. Jacobson (ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis); 4 males, 3 females, 5.vi.1990, Kazakhstan, Transilian Alatau Mts., 33 km W of Almaty, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (holotype and paratypes of submontana); 1 female, 23.vii.1983, Kirghizia, 5 km SW of Naryn, leg. Sinev (ZISP); 6 males, 1 female, 28-30.v.1904, Kazakhstan, Tarbagatai, Saur foothills, Kishkenetau, leg. Sushkin (ZISP) (holotype and paratypes of saurica); 1 male, 1 female, 25.v.2013, Kazakhstan, 6 km N of Makanchi, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (holotype and paratype of gogulini); 1 male, 1 female, 11.v.2013, Kazakhstan, Chu-Ili mountains, 30 km NW of Karabastau, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (holotype and paratype of chuilensis); 1 male, 4.vi.2011, Kazakhstan, Alakol lake, Barmakkum sands, 10 km S of Koktal, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (holotype of emel); 1 male, 1 female, 1–6.vi.2009, Kazakhstan, Syrdaryinsky Karatau Mts., Biresik valley, 1000 m, leg. Zhdanko (ZISP) (holotype and paratype of halimodendroni); 6 males, 2 females, 1–6.vi.2009, same data, leg. Egorov (SKK); 1 male, 1-6.v.2012, Kazakhstan, West Pribalkhashie, Burubaital, 390 m, leg. Zhdanko & Toropov (ZISP) (holotype of vavilovi); 1 male, 12.vi.1996, Kirghizsky Mts., Krasnyi Kanjon, leg. Korb (SKK); 1 male, 12.v.2015, Kirghizia, Kirghizsky Mts., Jyl-Aryk, 800 m, leg. Korb (SKK); 1 male, 1 female, 13.v.2015, Kirghizia, Kirghizsky Mts., Besh-Kungei, 900 m, leg. Korb (SKK); 3 males, 20.v.2015, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghizsky Mts., Baitik near Bishkek, leg. Korb (SKK); 23.v.2015, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghizsky Mts., Kara-Balta env., 700 m, leg. Korb (SKK); 1 male, 15.vii.2000, Kirghizia, Kungey Ala-Too Mts., Chong-Kemin, 1400 m, leg. Korb (SKK).

Distribution. Widely distributed in the deserts, semi-deserts and steppes of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan.

Habitats. Deserts, semideserts, dry steppes in lowlands and middle-mountains (under 1800 m) (plate 3: figs. 4, 7, 8).