Abstract
A new species of the Plebejus samudra (Moore, 1874) group is described from the vicinities of Kabul in eastern Afghanistan. It differs from the geographically adjacent species in colouration and characters of the male genitalia, mainly the valva and aedeagus.
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:14E6FDCD-7D89-4180-AD9B-EE2E963202D0
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Sergei Churkin (Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia) for discussion of the taxonomic position of the new species and to Ilya Yudakov (Moscow, Russia) for specimens loaned for the study. Pyotr Petrov (Moscow, Russia) and Alina Pljushtch (Kiev, Ukraine) helped improve the English of the manuscript.
Disclosure Statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.