Glaucopsyche charybdis ( Staudinger, 1886 )

Tshikolovets, Vadim, 2017, New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan, Zootaxa 4358 (1), pp. 107-124 : 113-114

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049311
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scientific name	Glaucopsyche charybdis ( Staudinger, 1886 )
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Glaucopsyche charybdis ( Staudinger, 1886)

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Material examined. 8♂, 2♀ with the following labels “N-Afghanistan, Prov. Takhar, Amu Darya-Auen, Darqad Gebiet , 450 m, 30.4.1971, leg. C. Naumann, Coll. -nr, ZMK 150 View Materials ” ( SMNK, coll. Z. Weidenhoffer) ; ♂, with the following label “N-Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan, Khwahan (Darwaz), Kotal-e-Kamkhas , 30–3500 m, 18.7.1972, lg. Brade & Naum [ann], [coll.] C. Naumann ” ; ♂ with the following labels “O-Afghanistan, Pr. Kunar, Nuristan ob, Lindai Sin-Tal, vic. Barg e Matal , 5 km östlich v. Dorf , 2500 m, 5.7.1970, leg. Naumann, Coll. - Nr, ZMK 74 View Materials ”.

Distribution range of species. Afghanistan (first record), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Comment. This species was known only in grassy lowland near or in agricultural landscapes and in tugai (riverside) forests at altitudes below 600 m. Here, the first evidences of species distribution above 2500 m is presented.