Colias thisoa aeolides Groum-Grshimaïlo, 1890

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Material examined. ♂ with the following label “NO-Afghanistan, Prov. Badakhshan, Grosser Pamir, Kotal-e- Sargaz, 4350 m, 9.8.1971, leg. G. Ebert & C. Naumann, Tagfg. Coll Nr. 285/ SMNK E-Lep. 32” (SMNK).

Distribution range of species. Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor and Elburs Mts. in Iran, mountains of Central Asia east to Altai.

Distribution range of subspecies. the subspecies aeolides occurs in mountains of Central Asia from Altai throughout Tian Shan to Alai, Transalai Mts., and Gissaro-Darvaz mountain systems. First recorded from the Afghani part of the Pamir (Hindukush Mts., Afghanistan); not known from the Tajiki parts of Badakhshan and Pamir.