Satyrium nikiforovi Weidenhoffer (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) newly recorded from Tajikistan

Abstract

A first record of Satyrium nikiforovi Weidenhoffer, 2004, is made for the Rangontau Ridge south of Dushanbe in Tajikistan. The species was previously known only from its type locality in Uzbekistan; the current record represents the second finding of this taxon and extends its known range.