Liris niger (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution in Iran: Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr (Ebrahimi 2014), East Azerbaijan (Ghazi-Soltani et al. 2010a; Ghazi-Soltani et al. 2010b), Fars (Atbaei et al. 2015; Rezaei & Fallahzadeh 2015), Golestan (Ebrahimi 2014), Mazandaran (Ebrahimi 2014; Samin et al. 2015), Sistan-o Baluchestan (de Beaumont 1970), Tehran (Ebrahimi 2014).

General distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

Remarks: The subspecies Liris niger niger has been recorded from Iran (Atbaei et al. 2015; Rezaei & Fallahzadeh 2015).