Neolycaena tengstroemi (Erschoff, 1874)

Korb, Stanislav K., 2017, A new species of the genus Neolycaena de Nicéville, 1890 from Kyrgyzstan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 4286 (4), pp. 565-572 : 568-569

Neolycaena tengstroemi (Erschoff, 1874)

(plate 1: figs. 3, 6–8; plate 2: figs. 1, 2)

Lycaena Tengstroemi Erschoff, 1874 , Izvestiya Imperatorskogo Obstshestva Lyubiteley Estestvoznaniya, Antropologii i Etnografii [Известия Императорского Общества любителей естествознания, антропологии и этнографии] 11 (2): 11; pl. 1, fig. 8 (Type locality: “Turkestan, Kysyl-Kum sands”, after lectotype designation ( Zhdanko, 1998b: 648; lectotype in ZMMU).

Material examined. 2 males, Beginning of May , Turkestan , Kyzyl-Kum , leg. Fedtchenko (lectotype and paralectotype of tengstroemi ) ( ZMMU) ; 5 males, 30.v.1985, Kazakhstan, 85 km N of Sergeevka, Lepsy river , leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (holotype and paratypes of balchaschensis) ; 6 males, 1 female, 28.v.1985, Kazakhstan, 40 km N of Ushtobe, Karatal river , leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis) ; 23.v.1975, Kazakhstan, Bakanas , leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis) ; 1 male, 1 female, 11.vi. 1991, 20 km NW Nurly , leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis) ; 2 males, 2.vi.1978, Kazakhstan, 20 km NW of Syaka , leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis) ; 1 male, 25.vi.1980, Zaisan lake , 10 km W of Krupskoy settlement, leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (paratype of balchaschensis) ; 3 males, 27.v.1910, Russian Empire, Zaisansky Uezd, Karabulak , leg. Jacobson ( ZISP) (paratypes of balchaschensis) ; 4 males, 3 females, 5.vi.1990, Kazakhstan, Transilian Alatau Mts. , 33 km W of Almaty, leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (holotype and paratypes of submontana) ; 1 female, 23.vii.1983, Kirghizia, 5 km SW of Naryn , leg. Sinev ( ZISP) ; 6 males, 1 female, 28-30.v.1904, Kazakhstan, Tarbagatai, Saur foothills, Kishkenetau , leg. Sushkin ( ZISP) (holotype and paratypes of saurica) ; 1 male, 1 female, 25.v.2013, Kazakhstan, 6 km N of Makanchi , leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (holotype and paratype of gogulini) ; 1 male, 1 female, 11.v.2013, Kazakhstan, Chu-Ili mountains , 30 km NW of Karabastau, leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (holotype and paratype of chuilensis) ; 1 male, 4.vi.2011, Kazakhstan, Alakol lake, Barmakkum sands, 10 km S of Koktal, leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (holotype of emel) ; 1 male, 1 female, 1–6.vi.2009, Kazakhstan, Syrdaryinsky Karatau Mts., Biresik valley , 1000 m, leg. Zhdanko ( ZISP) (holotype and paratype of halimodendroni) ; 6 males, 2 females, 1–6.vi.2009, same data, leg. Egorov ( SKK) ; 1 male, 1-6.v.2012, Kazakhstan, West Pribalkhashie, Burubaital , 390 m, leg. Zhdanko & Toropov ( ZISP) (holotype of vavilovi) ; 1 male, 12.vi.1996, Kirghizsky Mts., Krasnyi Kanjon , leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 12.v.2015, Kirghizia, Kirghizsky Mts., Jyl-Aryk , 800 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 1 female, 13.v.2015, Kirghizia, Kirghizsky Mts., Besh-Kungei , 900 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 3 males, 20.v.2015, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghizsky Mts., Baitik near Bishkek, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 23.v.2015, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghizsky Mts., Kara-Balta env., 700 m, leg. Korb ( SKK) ; 1 male, 15.vii.2000, Kirghizia, Kungey Ala-Too Mts., Chong-Kemin , 1400 m, leg. Korb ( SKK).

Distribution. Widely distributed in the deserts, semi-deserts and steppes of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan.

Habitats. Deserts, semideserts, dry steppes in lowlands and middle-mountains (under 1800 m) (plate 3: figs. 4, 7, 8).