Anthelephila caeruleipennis caeruleipennis (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1847)

Published data. Iran (Pic & Hawkins 1957, Persia, as Formicomus coeruleipennis var cyanopterus; Uhmann & Rihane 1995, as Formicomus, general distribution; Uhmann 1998, as Formicomus, general distribution; Uhmann et al. 2005, general distribution; Сhandler et al. 2008, checklist; Telnov 2008, general distribution).

New records. Iran, Fars prov., Shiraz, Shiraz museum, 29°38’N 52°34’E, light trap, August 2004, leg. S.Mohammadzadeh (1 specimen SUС) ; IRAN, Fars Province ca . 50km SW Shiraz, 10km S Richi: Islamabad, 1410m N 29°25’07” E 052°10’31” 0 9.04.2006, lg. Frisch & Serri (2 MNHB) .

Chorotype. Mediterraneo-Sindian (3.05 MES), but also includes Сanary Islands, Iraq and most of Iran but excludes Europe except of Spain and Turkey.