Anthocharis damone steinelti, Naderi & Back & Scalercio & Nazari, 2025

Naderi, Alireza, Back, Werner, Scalercio, Stefano & Nazari, Vazrick, 2025, Higher phylogeny of Orange Tips (Anthocharis) with a focus on population structure in A. damone (Lepidoptera, Pieridae), Ecologica Montenegrina 83, pp. 74-91 : 82-83

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scientific name	Anthocharis damone steinelti
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Anthocharis damone steinelti Seyer, 1984 View in CoL

= Anthocharis damone steinelti n. ssp. Seyer 1984, Ent. Zeit. 94: 235. Type locality: "Türkei, westlicher Taurus , Prov. Antalya … 1250 bis 1500 m " [ Turkey]

Material examined: Turkey: 1♂ 1♀ Içel, E Taurus, 10 km SE Çamliyayla, vic. Belçinar , 750 m, 25.- 29.IV.1983, leg. de Freina (coll. Back) . 1♂ Adana, Pozanti , 24.IV.1992, leg. Sacchi & Fantoni (coll.

RCFF); 1♂ ibid (coll. GCB); 1♂ ibid, 15.IV.1995 , GC & A. Floriani (coll. RCAF); 1♂ 8 km SW Pozanti, leg. R. Leestmans (coll. RCAF). 1♂ Antalya, 20.IV.1998, leg. J.-F. Charmeux (coll. RCJC); 1♂ 1♀ Termessos, 18.IV.1994, leg. W. ten Hagen (coll. ten Hagen), 1♂ ibid (coll. Back); 1♂ ibid, 6.V.2011 (coll. ten Hagen); Str. Elmali-Finike, Catallar Mt., 8.IV.1996, leg. E. Punta (coll. Back); Akseki Dag, 19.V.1974, leg. Steinelt (coll. Back). 1♀ Kahraman Maras, Salyan, 24.V.1985, leg. H. Thony (coll. Back). 4♂ 2♀ Malatya, Resadiye Geçidi sud, 29.V.1997, leg. E. Punta (coll. Back). 1♂ Mersin, N de Erdemli, Kosereli , 15.IV.1989, leg. B. Turlin (coll. Back); 1♂ Koramsali (Erdemli), 23.IV.1992, leg. Sacchi & Fantoni (coll. RCFF); 1♂ Akcali Daglari, str. Mut-Gulnar, 2.V.1990, leg. V. Sbordoni (coll. RCVS). 2♂ 1♀ Mugla, Umgehang Mugla, Orts, 19.IV.1994, leg. W. ten Hagen (coll. ten Hagen). 1♂ Nigde, 13 km SE Ulukisla, 19.V.1995, leg. J.P. Borie (coll. GCB). 1♂ Sivas, 10 km S Sivas, 3.V.2010, leg. W. ten Hagen (coll. ten Hagen) .

Distribution. Southwestern, southern, and central Turkey.

Differential diagnosis. wingspan ♂ 35–37 mm (fwl 18–19 mm, ♀ wingspan 40–41 mm, fwl 21–22 mm); ♂ orange discoidal area extends only until the black band; black band somewhat strongly developed; ♂ fw costa slight yellow, ♂ ♀ discoidal spot small, ♂ uphw clear yellow without orangeochre costa, ♂ ♀ uphw black end of veins; ♀ fw apical marking interrupted by whitish spaces, ♀ uphw gc light yellowish-ochre.

Notes. Hesselbarth et al. (1995) report Isatis tinctoria and I. glauca as the larval hosts in Turkey.