The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Author Matov, Alexej Author Zahiri, Reza Author Holloway, Jeremy D. text Zootaxa 2008 1763 1 37 journal article 49614 10.5281/zenodo.181966 1822bdf4-a38e-45f5-bf44-83bd611e100e 1175-5326 181966 Periphanes delphinii (Linnaeus, 1758) Pl. 1, fig. 8; male genitalia Pl. 5, fig. 27; female genitalia Pl. 9, fig. 43. Phalaena ( Noctua ) delphinii Linnaeus, 1758 , Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, 1: 518 (TL.: [Europe]). Synonymy: Chariclea darollesi Oberthür, 1876 References : Bienert 1870; Barou 1967 ( Chariclea Delphinii ); Kalali 1976; Modarres Awal 1994, 1997 ( Periphanes delphinii darallesi ); Hacker 1990 ( Periphanes delphinii delphinii ); Hacker 2001; Ebert & Hacker 2002 ( Periphanes delphinii ). Systematic notes: Represented in Iran by subspecies tekke L.Ronkay, Varga & Hreblay, 1998. Bionomics: Bivoltine; univoltine according to Hacker (2001) and Kravchenko et al. (2005). Flight period: April to August The species inhabits vegetation-rich steppe habitats on elevations from sea level up to 2500 m . The early stages have been described by Hampson (1903), Spuler (1908), Forster & Wohlfahrt (1971) and Bretherton et al. (1979). Larvae feed on flowers and seeds of species of Consolida ajacis and Aconitum napellus . Distribution : Mediterranean-Asiatic. Central and South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan , Central Asia. – In Iran (Pl. 10, fig. 56) occurs in provinces West Azerbaijan , East Azerbaijan , Ardebil, Mazandaran, Golestan, Tehran, Hamedan and Fars . Material examined: 22 specimens from provinces West Azerbaijan , East Azerbaijan , Ardebil, Mazandaran, Golestan, Tehran, Hamedan and Fars , collected between 12.IV to 20.VIII on elevations from 0 to 2500 m