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1894), A. eremochroa BOURSIN, 1940, A. afghana RONKAY, 1986, etc.; these species have been formerly recorded by their type-specimens only). The new discoveries sometimes extended radically the known range of certain phyletic lines, for instance, the A. hirsutula line has long been considered as a stenochorous group, being typical of the Karakoram-Hindukush-NW Himalayas mountain system, until the surprising discovery of a third species of the species complex in the Elburs Mts (A. deleta BENEDEK et RONKAY, 2001). Most of these less known species proved, however, to be rare and only a few of them were found in larger numbers in one or more localities (e.g. A. vespertalis STAUDINGER, 1896, A. laetifica (STAUDINGER, 1888), A. chamaephanes BOURSIN, 1940, etc.). On the other hand, the increase in the numbers of the formerly unknown taxa has been considerably declined, and only two undescribed species were discovered in the newly collected material (both belong to the A. limbata species group); this fact would indicate the limits of the species diversity of the genus. One can conclude that the true majority of the existing Autophila species has been already discovered and only a few additional taxa may be hidden in the highest ranges of the Himalayan-Tibetan range, and in the inner areas of the vast, but very poorly explored desert areas like the Takla-Makan or Baluchistan. Thus, the available taxonomic, morphological and biogeographical information about the taxa of the genus became sufficient for the general revision of Autophila, including a thorough cladistic analysis. The rather poor knowledge on the bionomy of practically all non-European species and the complete lack of molecular taxonomic data require, however, further studies before this monographic treatment. The present paper contains, therefore, the description of two new species and a new subspecies with the systematic account of the A. limbata species group, while the monograph of the genus is postponed for a hopefully not very far future, and will be published after finishing the above-mentioned studies. SYSTEMATICS The rather diverse clade of Autophila s. str. called as A limbata species group can be characterised by the more or less uniform external appearance of the species and certain features of the genitalia of both sexes. It comprises three larger lines (the limbata, the luxuriosa, and the subfusca lines), which are easily distinguished by certain apomorphic features of the male genitalia. The adults have slender, relatively long body and broad, apically finely rounded wings; the forewing ground colour is ochreous, yellowish-grey or ochreous-grey, rarely orange-brownish, with the characteristic wing pattern con-