Polyommatus nuksani Forster, 1937

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?97. Polyommatus nuksani Forster, 1937

Original combination.

" Lycaena candalus nuksani ssp. nov." Forster, 1937 Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 27: 62.

Current combination.

Polyommatus (Sublysandra) nuksani (Forster, 1937).

Current status.

Valid species.

Type material.

Paratypes 2?? 2??, (ZMH 827537-827540) (Fig. 97 ). "Nord-Ost-Hindukusch / Nuksan-Pass-Nordseite / Alpenwiesenzone / 3500-4000 m Mitte Juli / leg. H.&E. Kotzsch" // "Para-Type / Lyc. candalus / Polyommatus nuksani Forst. / W. Forster München” // "Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20 - 60" // "ZMH 827537"; "Nord-Ost-Hindukusch / Nuksan-Pass-Nordseite / Alpenwiesenzone / 3500-4000 m Mitte Juli / leg. H.&E. Kotzsch" // "Para-Type / Lyc. candalus / Polyommatus nuksani Forst. / W. Forster München” // "Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20 - 60" // "ZMH 827538"; "Nord-Ost-Hindukusch / Nuksan-Pass-Nordseite / Alpenwiesenzone / 3500-4000 m Mitte Juli / leg. H.&E. Kotzsch" // "Para-Type / Lyc. candalus / Polyommatus nuksani Forst. / W. Forster München” // " Lycaena candalus / Polyommatus nuksani " // "Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20 - 60" // "ZMH 827539"; "Nord-Ost-Hindukusch / Nuksan-Pass-Nordseite / Alpenwiesenzone / 3500-4000 m Mitte Juli / leg. H.&E. Kotzsch" // "Para-Type / Lyc. candalus / Polyommatus nuksani Forst. / W. Forster München” // "Coll. Bytinski-Salz / Eing. Nr. 20 - 60" // "ZMH 827540".

Type locality.

Afghanistan: "Nordost-Hindukusch, Nuksan-Paß Nordseite, 3500-4000 m.".

Figures

Plate 14. 95. Polyommatus escheri olympena (Verity, 1936); 96. Polyommatus icarus ab. privata (Schoenfeld, 1924); 97. Polyommatus (Sublysandra) nuksani (Forster, 1937); 98. Tarucus balkanica ab. clorinda Verity, 1938; 99. Turanana panagaea ahasveros (Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937); 100. Satyrium ilicis syra (Pfeiffer, 1932); 101. Satyrium spini brevicaudis (Vorbrodt, 1911); 102. Lycaena cyllarus v. romana Hartig; 103. Lysandra coridon ab. albipunctata Hartig. a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.