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Hypermnestra Ménétriés, 1846
Hypermnestra Ménétriés, 1846; :explic. pl. 6, f. 1 (repl. for Ismene Nickerl, 1846), TS: Ismene helios Nickerl
Ismene Nickerl, 1846; Stett. ent. Ztg. 7: 207 (preocc. Ismene Savigny, 1816, Ismene Swainson, 1820), TS: Ismene helios Nickerl
Hypermnestra helios (Nickerl, 1846)
Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Kirghizia, Baluchistan. See [About maps] Desert Apollo
Ismene helios Nickerl, 1846; Stett. ent. Ztg. 7: 208, pl. [3], f. A-D, TL: SW. Kazakhstan
Hypermnestra helios; [BRU, 135]

Larva on Zygophyllum [BHR], Halimiphyllum [BRU]

H. h. persica Neuburger, 1900
Kopet-Dagh Hypermnestra helios hyrcana Sheljuzhko, 1956
H. h. maxima Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Ghissar, Alai Hypermnestra helios var. maxima Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; 141
H. h. bushirica O. Bang-Haas²
H. h. ariana Wyatt, 1961
Hypermnestra helios ariana Wyatt, 1961; J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1): 2, TL: Bamian, N of Koh-i-Baba Mts, 8300ft, Afghanistan

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BHR]
D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III
[BRU]
Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:
Nickerl, 1846
Beschribung einer neuer Gattung und Art als Beitrag zur europäischen Lepidopterenfauna Stett. ent. Ztg. 7: 207-209
Wyatt, 1961
Additions to the Rhopalocera of Afghanistan with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1): 1-18, 3pls

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