Eremopeza cinerascens afghana (Uvarov, 1940)

(Fig. 161)

Material examined. AFGHANISTAN: Arbarp, 10 mls. W. of Kabul, 3000 ft, 1♂ (Holotype), 1♂ (Paratype) (leg. J.L.C. Musters); Farah-Herat , 16.5.1973, 5♂, 6♀, (leg. G. B. Popov) (det. Jago); Farah-Herat, 16.5.1973, 3♂, 1♀ (leg. G. B. Popov); nr. Kandahar, 11– 12.5.1973, 3♂ (leg. G. B. Popov) (det. Jago, 1983) (all in NHMUK).

Remarks. This subspecies is very similar to E. cinerasces aurantipes (Uvarov), which it is distinguished from E. cinerascens aurantipes by the lemon yellow disc of hind wing (greenish-yellow in E. cinerascens aurantipes) and the wider dark band of the hind wing (in typical forms). Both have pale light pink, pale orange or yellow hind tibia with a bluish spot at the base inside. According to Uvarov (1943: 43) it is possibly another subspecies of E. cinerascens . Bey-Bienko (1963: 266) listed it as subspecies of E. cinerascens for the first time, but Presa & Garcia (1983: 9) and Otte (1994: 144) listed it as species again. I agree with Bey-Bienko (1963) and consider it a subspecies of E. cinerascens .