Drasteria tenera tenera (Staudinger, 1877)

(Map 22) (Figs. 166–171 (imago), 254, 255 (male genitalia), 288 (female genitalia))

Staudinger, 1877: 194 ( Leucanitis Tenera). Type locality: “Steppe Süd-Russlands” (by the original description); “Narün” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material. Lectotype male (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) (Figs. 166–168), labelled: “Origin.” (pink paper, printed), “ex coll. 1/10 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “Narün | Henke” (green paper, handwritten), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis tenera | Staudinger, 1877 | Stett. Ent. Ztg. 38: 194 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed) (ZMHU) . Paralectotypes: 4 males, 4 females (ZMHU) .

Staudinger, Rebel, 1901: 244 [Ili]; Culot, 1913: 185 [la Russie méridionale et la région de l’Ili en Asie]; Warren 1913:390 [Ili]; Sukhareva, 1972: 62 [Ispaz]; Poole, 1989: 330; Beck, 1996: 25; Lehmann et al., 1998: 527 [Alma-Ata area, Ili river, Taschkarasu, 450m]; Hacker, Miatleuski, 2001: 814 [Urda, Kandagash]; Goater et al., 2003: 76, 254 [South Russia: Saratov and Kazakhstan: Urda and Kandagash. Outside Europe, in Turkestan and Central Asia; Ryn-Kum sandy steppe, 15 km SE from Urda vill., Kandagash; Ryn-Kum sandy steppe NW Kandagash loc.]; Poltavsky et al., 2010: 92 [Botkul);: 264 (Ryn-sands]; Gorbunov, 2011: 57 [Saikhin; Kumzhargan; Bolshie and Malye Barsuki); pl. 8, figs. 10, 11 [Chelkar].

Habitat (Figs. 299, 300, 303). Deserts, semideserts, steppes. Elevation: 200– 600 m.

Distribution. South-Western Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Uzbekistan.

Material examined (in total: 82 specimens). Russia. 5 ♂, 4 ♀, Narün (lectotype and paralectotypes) (ZMHU) ; 2 ♂, 2.05.2010, Astrakhan Prov., Dosang, leg. S.K. Korb (SKK) . Kazakhstan. 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Rhyn-Peski, leg. Alpher- aky, ex coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich (ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Narün Ross. m., leg. M. Bartel, ex coll. O. John (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Russian Turkestan, 813, ex coll. Ershov (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, Turkestan, leg. N. Danilov (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 11.05.1905, Aral Sea, Bolshie Barsuki, ex coll. Tshetverikov (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 11 ♀, 25.05.1907, Bolshie Barsuki, Chelkar lake in Turgay- skaya Prov., leg. Volman (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 21.06– 1.07.1911, Khoros, leg. Berezsky (ZISP); 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 30.06.1932, Chelkar, Bolshie Barsuki in Turgaiskaya Prov., leg. Luppova (ZISP) ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 16– 18.05.1952, West Kazakhstan, Urda, leg. Levin (ZISP); 3 ♀, 15.07.1986, Balkhash lake environs, Topar, leg. A. Kondratyev (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 30.06– 1.07.2012, Almaty Prov., Panfilov distr., 25 km SW of Koktal., Ili river, leg. S. Pybalkin (CKO) ; 1 ♂, 7– 8.05.2013, 32 km NE of Bakanas, Ili river, leg. S.A. Knyazev (CKO) ; 1 ♀, 7– 9.05.2013, Almaty reg., 28 km NW of Bakanas, riv. Ili, 44054’ N 75055’ E, leg. S. Knyazev (ZISP) ; 11 ♂, 10 ♀, 2.05.2014, Bol. Barsuki sands, 10 km E of Chelkar, 47049’ N 59046’E, at light, leg. P. Gorbunov (ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 3– 4.05.2015, same locality, leg. S.A. Knyazev (CKO); 5 ♂, 5 ♀, 12– 14.06.2018, Aidarly env., 43.993779 N, 79.483105 E, leg. A. Litovtsev (SKK) . Kyrghyzstan . 1 ♂, Issik kul, ex coll. Staudinger (ZISP) . Uzbekistan. 1 ♂, 17.07.1927, Khiva, Altyn-Kul, leg. L. Zimin (ZISP) .