Villa ixion (Fabricius, 1794)

Material: Three specimens: Al Mushaqqar 28.V.1990 (1ɗ); Al Mafraq, Rihab 7.V.2001 (1ɗ); Wadi Shuqayq 24.IX.2002 (1ɗ).

Distribution: Palaearctic: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Gruzia, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Switzerland, Ukraine.

The development of white or silver scales on the apical abdominal tergum of males of this species is variable, but all have identical genitalia.