Glaucopsyche charybdis (Staudinger, 1886)

(Fig. 13)

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 ” (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 ”.

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.