Systematic position of two Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) taxa from the Iranian Plateau Author Krupitsky, Anatoly V. Author Pljushtch, Igor G. Author Skrylnik, Yuriy Ye. text Zootaxa 2017 4232 4 575 581 journal article 36504 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.7 6635f451-2976-4cd3-844a-96ddb048f748 1175-5326 313286 9FF87ABA-2D57-4D37-AD22-03708A12568D Athamanthia balucha balucha ( Howarth & Povolny, 1976 ) (Plate 1, figs. 1–4; plate 2, fig. 2) Lycaena athamantis balucha — Howarth & Povolny 1976 : 150 . Lycaena phoenicurus balucha Howarth & Povolny, 1976 — Nekrutenko 1984 : 47 . Athamanthia balucha ( Howarth & Povolny, 1976 ) — Bozano & Weidenhoffer 2001 : 41 . Type locality. Baluchistan , Old Urak , 27.VI. [19]28 [ Pakistan , Balochistan Prov., 10 km NEE Quetta , Urak valley ]. Material examined. Holotype ♂ , Baluchistan , Old Urak , 27.VI.1928 (photo examined) ; paratypes : 1 ♀ , same locality as in the holotype , 10.VI.1928 (photo examined) ; 1 ♂ , Baluchistan : Urak , 26.V.1929 (photo and genitalia drawing from Nekrutenko (1984) examined), all W.H. Evans leg. ( BMNH ) . Diagnosis. Orange submarginal band of wings upperside strongly reduced in both sexes, only 2–3 spots developed near tornal lobe (band usually well developed in A. phoenicura ); thin silvery line extends from tornus midway along to outer margin (line poorly developed near tornal lobe in A. phoenicura ); inner black strokes of submarginal orange band of wings underside reduced on both wings (well developed in A. phoenicura ); valva widened, with rounded apex and developed inner fold (valva narrowed with indented apex and smaller inner fold in A. phoenicura ); aedeagus strongly curved, crescent (aedeagus slightly curved in A. phoenicura ). PLATE 1. Athamanthia spp., imagoes: 1— A. balucha balucha ( Howarth & Povolny, 1976 ) , holotype, ♂, Baluchistan , Old Urak , 27.VI.1928 ( BMNH ), photo from ( Bozano & Weidenhoffer 2001 ), upperside; 2— Id. , underside; 3— A. b. balucha , paratype , ♀ , same locality as in the holotype , 10.VI.1928 ( BMNH ), photo from ( Bozano & Weidenhoffer 2001 ), upperside; 4— Id. , underside; 5— A. b. povolnyi ( Howarth & Povolony, 1976 ) , comb. nov. , ♂ , Central Afghanistan , Province Bamyan , Bamyan district, 4 km SE Sabzak vill., 34°51'48" N , 67°41'13" E , 2700 m , 09.VII.2013 , I.G. Pljushtch leg. ( SIZK ), upperside; 6— Id. , underside; 7— A. b. povolnyi ( Howarth & Povolony, 1976 ) , comb. nov. , ♀ , Central Afghanistan , Province Bamyan , Bamyan district, 4 km SE Sabzak vill., 34°51'48" N , 67°41'13" E , 2700 m , 09.VII.2013 , I.G. Pljushtch leg., ( SIZK ), upperside; 8— Id. , underside; 9— A. b. athamantides (Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 2001) , comb. nov. , ♂ , South Eastern Iran , Kerman Province , 20 km SE Makhan , 2450 m , 19.VI.2014 , I.G. Pljushtch leg., gen. prep. AK0068 (AKM), upperside; 10— Id. , underside; 11— A. b. povolnyi ( Howarth & Povolony, 1976 ) , comb. nov. , holotype , ♂ , East Afghanistan , Province Kabul , Sarobi , 12.IV. [19]65, leg. Povolny ( MMB ), upperside; 12— Id. , underside; 13— A. b. povolnyi ( Howarth & Povolony, 1976 ) , comb. nov. , labels of the holotype ; 14— A. phoenicura ( Lederer, 1871 ) , ♂ , Turkmenistan , W Kopet Dagh Mts. , Aydere gorge, 13.VI.1985 , A.L. Devyatkin leg. (AKM), upperside; 15— Id. , underside; 16— A. phoenicura ( Lederer, 1871 ) , ♂ , Turkmenistan , W Kopet Dagh Mts. , Aydere gorge, 13.VI.1985 , A.L. Devyatkin leg. (AKM), upperside; 17— Id. , underside. PLATE 2 . Athamanthia spp., male genitalia (genital capsule in ventral view, valvae in lateral view from inside, aedeagus in lateral view): 1— A. phoenicura ( Lederer, 1871 ) , Turkmenistan , W Kopet Dagh Mts. , Aydere gorge, 13.VI.1985 , A.L. Devyatkin leg., gen. prep. AK0064 (AKM); 2— A. balucha balucha ( Howarth & Povolony, 1976 ) , paratype , Baluchistan : Urak , 26.V.1929 , original illustration from Nekrutenko (1984) ; 3— A. balucha povolnyi ( Howarth and Povolony, 1976 ) , comb. nov. , Central Afghanistan , Province Bamyan , Bamyan district, 0.5 km SE Sabzak vill., 34°52'41" N , 67°39'14" E , 2790 m , 08– 09.VII.2013 , Yu . Ye. Skrylnik leg., gen. prep. AK0067 (AKM); 4— A. balucha athamantides (Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 2001) , comb. nov. , South Eastern Iran , Kerman Province , 20 km SE Makhan , 2450 m , 19.VI.2014 , I .G. Pljushtch leg., gen. prep. AK0068 (AKM). Letters indicate on diagnostic characters (see Diagnosis part): a—shape of apex of valva; b—size of inner fold of valva; c—shape of aedeagus.