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Hypermnestra Ménétriés, 1848

Hypermnestra Ménétriés, 1848; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersb. 6: (explic) pl. 6, f. 1 (repl. for Ismene Nickerl, 1846), TS: Ismene helios Nickerl
Ismene Nickerl, 1846; Stett. ent. Ztg. 7: 207 (preocc. Ismene Savigny, 1816, Ismene Swainson, 1820), TS: Ismene helios Nickerl
Hypermnestra, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]

Hypermnestra helios (Nickerl, 1846)

Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Kirghizia, Baluchistan. See [About maps] Desert Apollo
Ismene helios Nickerl, 1846; Stett. ent. Ztg. 7: 208, pl. [3], f. A-D, TL: SW. Kazakhstan
Hypermnestra helios; [BRU, 135]
Hypermnestra helios, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]

Larva on Zygophyllum [BHR], Halimiphyllum [BRU]

H. h. persica Neuburger, 1900

Kopet-Dagh Hypermnestra helios hyrcana Sheljuzhko, 1956

H. h. maxima Grum-Grshimailo, 1890

Ghissar, Alai Hypermnestra helios var. maxima Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; 141

H. h. bushirica O. Bang-Haas²

H. h. ariana Wyatt, 1961

Hypermnestra helios ariana Wyatt, 1961; J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1): 2, TL: Bamian, N of Koh-i-Baba Mts, 8300ft, Afghanistan

10.8.2008 (1)

References:

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[BHR]

D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III

[BRU]

Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Ménétriés, 1848

Descriptions des Insectes recueillis par fue M. Lehman Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersb. 6: 1-112

Nickerl, 1846

Beschribung einer neuer Gattung und Art als Beitrag zur europäischen Lepidopterenfauna Stett. ent. Ztg. 7: 207-209

Wyatt, 1961

Additions to the Rhopalocera of Afghanistan with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1): 1-18, 3pls

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