Lycaena ardschira Brandt, 1938

Zahiri, Reza, Nazari, Vazrick, Rajaei, Hossein, Wiemers, Martin, Fatahi, Maryam, Seidel, Matthias, Dalsgaard, Thure & Husemann, Martin, 2021, ? An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part II. superfamily Papilionoidea, Evolutionary Systematics 5 (2), pp. 193-261 : 193

?92. Lycaena ardschira Brandt, 1938

Original combination.

" Lycaena ardschira sp. n." Brandt, 1938 Ent. Rdsch. 55: 672.

Current combination.

Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ardschira (Brandt, 1938).

Current status.

Valid species.

Type material.

Paratype 1?, (ZMH 827532) (Fig. 92 ). "L.36 / Paratypoid / Lyc. ardschira / Brand" // “Paratypoid” // "IRAN. FARS, Straße / Ardekan - Talochosroe / Comé, m, 1937 / coll. Brandt" // “196” // "Sammlung / R. Jähnig / Eing. Nr. 29,1949" // "Katalog Nr. / L. 3365" // "ZMH 827532".

Type locality.

Iran: Fars, “Comée, 2600 m" [Komehr].

Figures

Plate 13. 85. Phengaris alcon f. lunulata (Warnecke, 1942); 86. Phengaris arionides f. selzeri (Warnecke, 1924); 87. Phengaris euphemus peninsulae (Verity, 1923); 88. Cupido argiades ab. depuncta (Hirschke, 1903); 89. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damon ausonia (Verity, 1913); 90. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) pfeifferi (Brandt, 1938); 91. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) alcestis (Zerny, 1932); 92. Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ardschira (Brandt, 1938); 93. Polyommatus daphnis macra f. squalida Verity, 1920; 94. Polyommatus dorylas r. correpta (Verity, 1920). a. Dorsal view, b. ventral view.