Xenophysa cacumena afghanorea Varga, 1985, stat. rev.

Xenophysa cacumena afghanorea Varga, 1985, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 37 (1–2): 33.

Type material. Holotype: male, “ Afghanistan, Dasht-i-Nawar, NW v.Ghazni, 3000 m, 8.–10. VI. 1965, leg. Kasy & Vartian (coll.Vartian)” (NHMW). Paratypes: 23 3 and 2 Ƥ from the same locality and data (21 3, 2 Ƥ in coll. Vartian, NHMW, 2 3 in coll.Varga); 3 3, Afgh. c., Band-i-Amir, 3000 m, 29.–30.VII. 1963, leg.Kasy & Vartian (coll.Vartian, NHMW); 1 Ƥ, Afghanistan, Khurd-Kabul, 1900 m, 19.VII. 1969, leg.Vartian (coll.Vartian, NHMW). Genital slides: 3: Boursin Va 127, 134, Varga 1427, 2432, 2433, 2434.

Taxonomic notes. This subspecies is slightly larger (expanse: 30–35 mm, length of forewings: 14.5–15.5 mm) and more contrastingly marked in average than X. cacumena cacumena (Figs 11–12). Male genitalia slightly larger with somewhat more elongate bilateral extensions of tegumen and more acute costal extensions of valva, but without any significant differences.