Drasteria axuana (Püngeler, 1907)

Yu, Alexey & Korb, Stanislav K., 2019, A revision of the genus Drasteria of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with special attention to the adjacent areas (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Zootaxa 4673 (1), pp. 1-104 : 24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4673.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611942
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scientific name	Drasteria axuana (Püngeler, 1907)
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( Map 6 View MAP 6 ) ( Figs. 52–54 View FIGURES 43–63 (imago))

Püngeler, 1907: 224; Taf. 7, Fig. 11 View FIGURES 1–21 ( Leucanitis axuana ). Type locality: “aus Ostturkestan, Aksu ” (by original description); “ Aksu ” (by the lectotype designation, designated here).

Type material: Lectotype male (designated here in accordance with ICZN Art. 74) ( Figs. 52–54 View FIGURES 43–63 ), labelled: “Preparation | WB. 12” (white paper, handwritten), “Type | axuana Püng. ♂ ” (pink paper, printed and handwritten), “not in B.[ritish] M.[useum] | sec. Hampson | i.l. 5.1912” (white paper, handwritten), “ex coll. 1/2 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “ Lectotypus | Leucanitis axuana | Püngeler, 1907 | Dt. ent. Z. Iris 19 (4): 224 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed).; two-side filled label: one side “Ost-Turkestan | (Aksu) | Rückbeil 1902”, other side “ axuana Püng. ♂ | Type (abgebildet Isis 1906 | 5.05.v. R. Tancré ” (white paper, printed with handwritten ‘ Rückbeil 1902’ in first side, handwritten in second side) ( ZMHU) . Paralectotype: 1 male ( ZMHU) .

Variability. Three subspecies have been separated: nominate one from the deserts of SE Kazakhstan and NW China, the subspecies fumiluna Wiltschire, 1969 from the Gobi Altai aimak in Mongolia and the subspecies indecora (John, 1910) , stat. n. from the river valleys Ili, Charyn, Syr-Darya, North-Western part of Kopet-Dagh and Kazakh hills.

Distribution. South-East Kazakhstan, North-West China, Mongolia.