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Polyommatus selma Kocak 1996

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Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Tshikolovets, Vadim, 2017, New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan, pp. 107-124 in Zootaxa 4358 (1) on page 117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1067439

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kocak
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Polyommatus
Species
selma
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polyommatus selma Kocak, 1996 sec. Tshikolovets, 2017

References

  • 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.
  • 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.