Argynnis jainadeva Moore, 1864 (Fig. 27) Material examined. ♂ with the following labels “Peschawurdo, Bashgultal, Nuristan, O-Afghan[istan], 2200 m, 21.7.[19]52”, “ex coll. J. Froitzheim”, “ jainadeva Moore ”, “ mohmandorum ” (SMNK); ♂ with the following label “21.6.- 1.7.1969, SO-Afghanistan, Safed Koh, Südseite, Kotkai, 2350 m, leg. Vartian” (SMNK). Distribution range of species. eastern Afghanistan (new record), south-western China, north-western India, Nepal and Pakistan. Comment. recorded by Evans (1924, 1927, 1932) from Safed Koh without specification of a country.

Published as part of Tshikolovets, Vadim, 2017, New taxa and new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Afghanistan, pp. 107-124 in Zootaxa 4358 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1067439