New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan Author Tshikolovets, Vadim text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-28 4358 1 107 124 journal article 31295 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.4 c821bd51-052e-4057-9c21-063c616208d0 1175-5326 1067439 C0A91E2E-12E7-4436-BC18-4AF2EC2351E4 Karanasa pamira biocellata subsp. n. ( Fig. 6 ) Type material. Holotype : ♂ with the following label “E-Afghanistan, Prov. Kapisa , Dar.-e-Pandjshir, Kotal-e- Zerja ( Dehkak ), 4000 m , 25.7.[19]72, lg. Khoram , [coll.] C. Naumann ”. Paratypes 2♂: ♂ with the following label “O-Afghanistan, Pandschschir-Tal , vic. Astana , Hindukusch- Hauptkamm , Ab schobá, 4–4400 m , 1.8.1970 , lg. Nasuk” ; ♂ with the following label “ Afghanistan , Panjshir Scaba valley, Astaneh , 5– 30.7.2005 , Local Collectors”. The holotype and one paratype is deposited in the collection of SMNK ; the second paratype in the collection G. C. Bozano. Description. Forewing length (from base to apex) ca. 27 mm . Forewing: ground colour of upperside light brown with orange-brown bands, with yellow patches in apex and costal parts; apical black ocellus pupilled white ca. 3 mm wide, second black ocellus reduced, visible as a very small dot. Underside of wings as shown in Fig. 6 . Diagnosis. New subspecies differs from the other subspecies of K. pamira in the small size and reduction of ocellus in space 3 on forewings ( Fig. 7 ). Distribution. Extreme western part of Hindukush Mountains. Etymology. The name indicates the presence of only two ocelli on the forewings.