'Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences'
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Abstract
A new subspecies Koramius hunza
stradomskyi Korb et Shaposhnikov, subsp. n. is described
from Kyrgyzstan, Trans-Alai Range, Kyzyl-Art Pass,
4200–4500 m. The new subspecies differs very well from
other subspecies by the wings colouration: it is darker, its
pattern in general is more contrast and more saturated,
while another subspecies have wing pattern without black
colour in the postdical, discal and discoidal patterns. The
new subspecies is very good isolated from the closely
related known populations (Beik Pass, Wakhan Range);
the distance between the new locality and the closely
located known one is about 300 km in the direction from
south to north. Some questions within the systematics of
the K. hunza (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1888) species-group are
discussed. The species K. hunza includes the following
subspecies: K. h. eva (Kotzsch, 1936), K. h. abramovi
(O. Bang-Haas, 1915), K. h. tytlerianus Bryk et Eisner,
1932 and K. h. stradomskyi subsp. n. The taxon shigarensis A. Bang-Haas, 1935 was interpreted as a subspecies of K. hunza, but it is transferred here to K. staudingeri as a subspecies: K. staudingeri shigarensis, stat. rev
