Genus POLYCESTA Dejean, 1833

synonym: Lycaste Gistel 1834 .

Polycesta iranica (Obenberger) 1923a: 24 ( Pseudocastalia); Borumand 2002: 18 (as Polycesta sp.); Volkovitsh 2006: 340; Bellamy 2008a: 373.

[subgenus Polycesta].

Host plant(s) within Iran. (Adult) On Calligonum sp. ( Polygonaceae) (Borumand 2002, as Polycesta sp.). Distribution within Iran. Kerman (Borumand 2002, as Polycesta sp.), Sistan & Baluchestan (Obenberger 1923a), Iran (no locality cited) (Volkovitsh 2006; Bellamy 2008a).

Distribution outside Iran.? Afghanistan (Bellamy 2008a).