Meharia avicenna Yakovlev, 2011

(Figs. 2D, E)

Meharia avicenna Yakovlev, 2011a, Neue Ent. Nachr. 66: 89.

LT: Hashtijan, 90 km S Gom [Iran]. Type material (holotype) in NMW .

Material examined. HMIM: Fârs Prov.: 1 ♂, Kâzerun, Parishân Lake, 900 m, 5.vi.1990, leg. Ebrâhimi, Badii , 1 ♂, Fasâ, Zâhed Shahr, Ghalât ( Citrus garden), 1190 m, 16.ix.2007, leg. Kuhnavard (gen. prep. No. HA-1518, HMIM) , 1 ♂, Fasâ, Miândeh, 1170 m, 15.viii.2006, leg. Kuhnavard; Ghom Prov.: 1 ♂, Ghom Lake, 22.vi.1969, leg. Mirzâyâns, Abâi, Broumand; Semnân Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Abbâs Âbâd- Miândasht Rd., Khâr Turân protected area, 6 km N Abbâs Âbâd Ranger Sta., N 36°23΄18.7˝, E 56°19΄06.9˝, 1089 m, 11.vi.2016, leg. Âlipanâh, Falsafi (gen. prep. No. HA-2339, HMIM) .

NMW: Holotype and paratype (♂, S. Iran, Imam Sade [= Imâm Zâdeh], Strasse Shiraz- Kazerun, 3.vi.1969, leg. Vartian) .

Distribution. Iran ( Yakovlev 2011a).

Distribution in Iran. Fars, Ghom and Semnan Provinces (Fig. 23D).

Comment. Type specimens of this species are known from Hashtijan (90 km S Gom [= Ghom]) ( Yakovlev, 2011a). The correct name of this place is Hastijân which is located in Markazi Province.

Remarks. There is intra-specific variation among the examined specimens in the shape of the medial creamywhite cross band of the forewing. In some specimens, external margin of this band has a clear projection towards the termen at one-third of its length form costal margin (Fig. 2D); while in others this area is slightly convex (Fig. 2E). All the examined males are exactly similar to each other in the genitalia structure.