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Bionomics and distribution — The species is known only from the type locality (Elburz Mts). The habitat is the highest pass of the Mazandaran valley (3190 m), with typically xerophilous, rocky steppe vegetation (see Fig. 5). The unique type specimen was collected at light, in good weather conditions, together with numerous specimens of different Dasypolia species. The early stages and the foodplant are unknown. The discovery of this species in the Elburz Mts is quite surprising, as both of its closest relatives, A. hirsutula and A. fuscolampra, are known only from the Karakoram Mts and there is a large gap between the ranges of the sister species (probably as a result of the insufficient exploration of the highest regions of the Central Asian large mountain systems where the supposed relatives may exist). Etymology — The specific name refers to the obsolete fore wing pattern. 5 I 6 Fig. I. Autophila deleta sp. n., holotype. - Fig. 2. Perigrapha (Rororthosia) gyurirani sp. n., holotype. - Fig. 3. Perigrapha (Rororthosia) gyurirani sp. n., paratype male. - Fig. 4. Perigrapha (Rororthosia) gyurirani sp. n., paratype female. - Fig. 5. The Mazandaran valley, the type locality of Autophila deleta sp. n. - Fig. 6. The mountains near Ardakan, the type locality of Perigrapha (Rororthosia) gyurirani sp. n.