Anthocharis damone karbalayei Hofmann, Back & Leestamns, 2003

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 : 84

Anthocharis damone karbalayei Hofmann, Back & Leestamns, 2003

Anthocharis damone . karbalayei ssp. nova Hofmann, Back & Leestamns 2003, Linn. Belg. 19: 4. Type locality: “ Iran, province d’Esfahān , env. de Fereidūn Shar, 2900 m ” .

Material examined: 102♂, 43♀ Iran: Esfahan: Fereidun Shahr, Sibak (coll. Back) ; 1♂ Alimakan , 15.V.2003 ; 1♂ ibid, 20.V.2011, leg. Naderi (coll. Naderi) .

Distribution: Zagros mountains in S Iran (Esfahan, Fars).

Differential diagnosis. Specimens larger; ♂ orange discoidal spot only until the black band; black band and other dark elements well developed, general gestalt darker; all specimens (♂ ♀) much black at border and at submarginal area of hw; ♀ discoidal spot strong, usually with a line on top of the discoidal spot towards the base, sometimes also on the bottom in direction of apex or connected with apex by dark suffusion of veins; veins in border of apex in ♀ distinctly white, in ♂ orange; fw costa mostly yellow, sometimes orange.

Notes. In Fereidun Shahr the host plant is likely Isatis cappadocica , however I. kotschyana is also recorded within the range of ssp. karbalayei (V. Mozaffarian, pers. comm.).