We investigated the accuracy of a century-old record of Polyommatus ( Agrodiaetus ) damon ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) from Persia, and the genetic affiliation of a recently discovered population of this species in NW Iran with respect to other populations of this species across its range. We found that the old record was a misidentification of other related species, and the new Iranian population to be most closely related to those in Armenia and Turkey, attributable to subspecies Polyommatus ( Agrodiaetus ) damon kotshubeji Sovinsky, 1915.
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