Polyommatus peilei Bethune-Baker, 1921

Khudhur, Farhad Ahmed, 2021, New records of two butterflies of the genus Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 (subgenus Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Iraq, Zootaxa 5061 (3), pp. 597-600 : 598-599

Polyommatus peilei Bethune-Baker, 1921

Examined materials: 1 ♀ in Piramagroon Mountain, 2.5 km North Zêwê Village, Sulaymaniyah (35°45’41”N, 45°14’17”E), Altitude : 1800 m. 29.7.2016 (F.A. Khudhur leg.). 1 in ♀ Piramagroon Mountain, 2.5 km North Zêwê Village, Sulaymaniyah (35°45’41”N, 45°14’17”E), Altitude : 1800 m. 10.8.2020 (F.A. Khudhur leg.) .

Diagnosis: In female ( figs. 1C, 1D , 2C & 2D ), wing span 30 mm, wing upperside has brown ground color with darker veins. The discoidal black spot of forewings is slightly appearing. Submarginal markings are dark brown with well-developed orange lunulae on hind wings. Female wing underside has greyish orange ground color; only hindwings have basal black spots. Discoidal spots present on both wings, those of the forewings are thicker except the first spot which is smaller and slightly far from the outer margin. Postdiscal black marking thick, slightly curved, and exists only on forewings. Submarginal and marginal lunulae only slightly appear with orange marking.

Figures

FIGURE 1. (A): Polyommatus karindus ♂: Swr Kêw Mountain, Siya Gwêz, Penjwen, Sulaymaniyah. (B): Polyommatus karindus ♀: Piramagroon Mountain, Zêwê Village, Sulaymaniyah. (C & D): Polyommatus peilei ♀: Piramagroon Mountain, Zêwê Village, Sulaymaniyah.

FIGURE 2. Upperside (A) & Underside (B) of Polyommatus karindus ♂. Upperside (C) & Underside (D) of Polyommatus peilei ♀.