Polyommatus miris (Staudinger, 1881)

(Fig. 24)

Material examined. ♂ with the following label “O-Afghanistan, Prv. Kunar-Nuristan, ob. Lindai Sin-Tal, vic. Barg e-Matal, Dándizenor mts., 4000 m, 15.7.1970, leg. Naumann, Coll Nr ZMK 94” (SMNK).

Distribution range of species. Afghanistan (first record), western China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Comment. recorded for Afghanistan as potentially occurring, but this record was not based on reliable material (Samodurov 2000: 180; Zhdanko 2002: 142).