Krupitsky A.V.1,2*, Naderi A.3 2026. A new species of the Plebejus christophi (Staudinger, 1874) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) species group from Iran // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.35. No.2: 235–241 [in English].
1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, GSP-1, korp. 12, Moscow 119991 Russia.
2 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
3 National Natural History Museum & Genetic Resources, Tehran, 1136917111, Iran.
* Corresponding author
Anatoly V. Krupitsky: nephrurus@yandex.ru ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6095-3570
Alireza Naderi: a2naderi@yahoo.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5878-6333
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.35.2.14
ABSTRACT. A new species of the Plebejus christophi (Staudinger, 1874) species group, P. ehsanii sp.n., is described from Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. The new species differs from other members of the P. christophi species group in violet blue colouration restricted to the postdiscal area of the dorsal side of both wings in the male, small disconnected lunules of the ventral side of the hindwings in both sexes, details of the male genitalia morphology and DNA barcodes.
KEY WORDS: Polyommatinae, Polyommatini, Polyommatina, Palaearctic, Baluchestan, biogeography, genitalia, morphology, DNA barcoding.