Athamanthia balucha subsp. balucha Howarth & Povolny 1976
Creators: name: Krupitsky, Anatoly V.
name: Pljushtch, Igor G.
name: Skrylnik, Yuriy Ye.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lycaenidae
Athamanthia
Athamanthia balucha
Athamanthia balucha balucha (howarth &amp; povolny, 1976)

description: Athamanthia balucha balucha (Howarth & Povolny, 1976)
(Plate 1, figs. 1–4; plate 2, fig. 2)
Lycaena athamantis balucha — Howarth & Povolny 1976: 150.
Lycaena phoenicurus balucha Howarth & Povolny, 1976 — Nekrutenko 1984: 47. Athamanthia balucha (Howarth & Povolny, 1976) — Bozano & Weidenhoffer 2001: 41.
Type locality. Baluchistan, Old Urak, 27.VI. [19]28 [Pakistan, Balochistan Prov., 10 km NEE Quetta, Urak valley].
Material examined. Holotype ♂, Baluchistan, Old Urak, 27.VI.1928 (photo examined); paratypes: 1 ♀, same locality as in the holotype, 10.VI.1928 (photo examined); 1 ♂, Baluchistan: Urak, 26.V.1929 (photo and genitalia drawing from Nekrutenko (1984) examined), all W.H. Evans leg. (BMNH).
Diagnosis. Orange submarginal band of wings upperside strongly reduced in both sexes, only 2–3 spots developed near tornal lobe (band usually well developed in A. phoenicura); thin silvery line extends from tornus midway along to outer margin (line poorly developed near tornal lobe in A. phoenicura); inner black strokes of submarginal orange band of wings underside reduced on both wings (well developed in A. phoenicura); valva widened, with rounded apex and developed inner fold (valva narrowed with indented apex and smaller inner fold in A. phoenicura); aedeagus strongly curved, crescent (aedeagus slightly curved in A. phoenicura).
PLATE 1. Athamanthia spp., imagoes: 1— A. balucha balucha (Howarth & Povolny, 1976), holotype, ♂, Baluchistan, Old Urak, 27.VI.1928 (BMNH), photo from (Bozano & Weidenhoffer 2001), upperside; 2— Id., underside; 3— A. b. balucha, paratype, ♀, same locality as in the holotype, 10.VI.1928 (BMNH), photo from (Bozano & Weidenhoffer 2001), upperside; 4— Id., underside; 5— A. b. povolnyi (Howarth & Povolony, 1976), comb. nov., ♂, Central Afghanistan, Province Bamyan, Bamyan district, 4 km SE Sabzak vill., 34°51'48" N, 67°41'13" E, 2700 m, 09.VII.2013, I.G. Pljushtch leg. (SIZK), upperside; 6— Id., underside; 7— A. b. povolnyi (Howarth & Povolony, 1976), comb. nov., ♀, Central Afghanistan, Province Bamyan, Bamyan district, 4 km SE Sabzak vill., 34°51'48" N, 67°41'13" E, 2700 m, 09.VII.2013, I.G. Pljushtch leg., (SIZK), upperside; 8— Id., underside; 9— A. b. athamantides (Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 2001), comb. nov., ♂, South Eastern Iran, Kerman Province, 20 km SE Makhan, 2450 m, 19.VI.2014, I.G. Pljushtch leg., gen. prep. AK0068 (AKM), upperside; 10— Id., underside; 11— A. b. povolnyi (Howarth & Povolony, 1976), comb. nov., holotype, ♂, East Afghanistan, Province Kabul, Sarobi, 12.IV. [19]65, leg. Povolny (MMB), upperside; 12— Id., underside; 13— A. b. povolnyi (Howarth & Povolony, 1976), comb. nov., labels of the holotype; 14— A. phoenicura (Lederer, 1871), ♂, Turkmenistan, W Kopet Dagh Mts., Aydere gorge, 13.VI.1985, A.L. Devyatkin leg. (AKM), upperside; 15— Id., underside; 16— A. phoenicura (Lederer, 1871), ♂, Turkmenistan, W Kopet Dagh Mts., Aydere gorge, 13.VI.1985, A.L. Devyatkin leg. (AKM), upperside; 17— Id., underside.
PLATE 2. Athamanthia spp., male genitalia (genital capsule in ventral view, valvae in lateral view from inside, aedeagus in lateral view): 1— A. phoenicura (Lederer, 1871), Turkmenistan, W Kopet Dagh Mts., Aydere gorge, 13.VI.1985, A.L. Devyatkin leg., gen. prep. AK0064 (AKM); 2— A. balucha balucha (Howarth & Povolony, 1976), paratype, Baluchistan: Urak, 26.V.1929, original illustration from Nekrutenko (1984); 3— A. balucha povolnyi (Howarth and Povolony, 1976), comb. nov., Central Afghanistan, Province Bamyan, Bamyan district, 0.5 km SE Sabzak vill., 34°52'41" N, 67°39'14" E, 2790 m, 08– 09.VII.2013, Yu. Ye. Skrylnik leg., gen. prep. AK0067 (AKM); 4— A. balucha athamantides (Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 2001), comb. nov., South Eastern Iran, Kerman Province, 20 km SE Makhan, 2450 m, 19.VI.2014, I.G. Pljushtch leg., gen. prep. AK0068 (AKM). Letters indicate on diagnostic characters (see Diagnosis part): a—shape of apex of valva; b—size of inner fold of valva; c—shape of aedeagus.
description: Published as part of Krupitsky, Anatoly V., Pljushtch, Igor G. & Skrylnik, Yuriy Ye., 2017, Systematic position of two Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) taxa from the Iranian Plateau, pp. 575-581 in Zootaxa 4232 (4) on pages 576-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/313286