Karanasa pamira biocellata, Tshikolovets, 2017

Tshikolovets, Vadim, 2017, New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan, Zootaxa 4358 (1), pp. 107-124 : 110-111

Karanasa pamira biocellata subsp. n.

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Type material. Holotype: ♂ with the following label “E-Afghanistan, Prov. Kapisa, Dar.-e-Pandjshir, Kotal-e- Zerja ( Dehkak ), 4000 m, 25.7.[19]72, lg. Khoram, [coll.] C. Naumann ”.

Paratypes 2♂: ♂ with the following label “O-Afghanistan, Pandschschir-Tal, vic. Astana, Hindukusch- Hauptkamm , Ab schobá, 4–4400 m, 1.8.1970, lg. Nasuk” ; ♂ with the following label “ Afghanistan, Panjshir Scaba valley, Astaneh , 5– 30.7.2005, Local Collectors”.

The holotype and one paratype is deposited in the collection of SMNK; the second paratype in the collection G. C. Bozano.

Description. Forewing length (from base to apex) ca. 27 mm. Forewing: ground colour of upperside light brown with orange-brown bands, with yellow patches in apex and costal parts; apical black ocellus pupilled white ca. 3 mm wide, second black ocellus reduced, visible as a very small dot. Underside of wings as shown in Fig. 6 .

Diagnosis. New subspecies differs from the other subspecies of K. pamira in the small size and reduction of ocellus in space 3 on forewings ( Fig. 7 ).

Distribution. Extreme western part of Hindukush Mountains.

Etymology. The name indicates the presence of only two ocelli on the forewings.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Karanasa pamira biocellata subsp. nov., Holotype, ♂, Afghanistan, Prov. Kapisa, Dar.-e-Pandjshir, Kotal-e-Zerja (Dehkak), 4000 m, 25.7.1972, leg. Khoram (SMNK).

FIGURE 7. Karanasa pamira. 7.1. K. p. biocellata subsp. nov., Holotype, ♂, Afghanistan, Prov. Kapisa, Dar.-e-Pandjshir, Kotal-e-Zerja (Dehkak), 4000 m, 25.7.1972, leg. N. M. Khoram (SMNK); 7.2. K. p. hohlbecki ♂, Afghanistan, Badakhshan, Shiva Mts., 10,000 ft., 19–27.7.1960, leg. C. Wyatt (SMNK); 7.3. K. p. titan Paratype, ♂, Afghanistan, Panjshir V., 10500 ft., 5–8.7.1963, leg. C. Wyatt (SMNK).