Drasteria saisani (Staudinger, 1882)

(Map 15) (Figs. 121–123 (imago))

Staudinger, 1882: 53 ( Leucanitis Saisani). Type locality: “von Saisan” (by the original description); “Saisan” (by the holotype data).

Type material. Holotype female (by monotypy) (Figs. 121–123), labelled: “Saisan | Hbhr.” (brown paper, handwritten), “ex coll. 1/1 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “Saisani” (white paper, handwritten), “Origin” (pink paper, printed), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis saisani | Staudinger, 1882 | Stettin ent. Ztg 43: 53 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed) (erroneous labelling) (ZMHU).

Poole, 1989: 330; Beck, 1996: 25; Goater et al., 2003: 80 [In Europe, known from the Ukraine and South Russia. Elsewhere, found in Turkey, Caucasus, and Afghanistan to Central Asia].

Distribution. South Russia (Astrakhan Prov.), Crimea, South Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Caucasus and Transcaucasus, Asia Minor, Middle Asia (deserts and semideserts) and Iran, South Siberia and Mongolia.

Variability. Two subspecies are known: nominate and clara. The last one is much lighter than the nominate subspecies.