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 Colias thisoa aeolides Groum-Grshimaïlo, 1890 ( Fig. 10 ) Material examined. ♂ with the following label “NO-Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan , Grosser Pamir, Kotal-e- Sargaz, 4350 m , 9.8.1971 , leg. G. Ebert & C. Naumann, Tagfg. Coll Nr. 285/ SMNK E-Lep. 32” ( SMNK ). Distribution range of species. Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor and Elburs Mts. in Iran , mountains of Central Asia east to Altai . Distribution range of subspecies. the subspecies aeolides occurs in mountains of Central Asia from Altai throughout Tian Shan to Alai, Transalai Mts., and Gissaro-Darvaz mountain systems. First recorded from the Afghani part of the Pamir (Hindukush Mts., Afghanistan ); not known from the Tajiki parts of Badakhshan and Pamir.