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Fig. 26: Teracolus eris contractus (Gabriel, 1954) male upper side

Teracolus eris contractus (Gabriel, 1954) (Fig. 26)

Material examined: 1 ex. / OMAN Prov. Dhofar / 20 km W of AI Mughsayl / N16°50.051' E53°42.552' / 34 m seashore, dry rocky vegetation / 01.11.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky; 5 exx. OMAN, Dhofar, Jabal Samhan, N17°9.542' E54°52.774' 529 m, dry, rocky hillside 03.11.2018 leg. S. J. Simonyi, S. Ilniczky; 8 exx. / OMAN Prov. Dhofar / 18 km from roadside between Sadah and Mirbat / N17°9.542' E54°52.774' / 529 m dry rocky vegetation / 02.11.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky.

Taxonomic note: The species was published under various generic names, described in Pontia Fabricius, 1807 (Klug, [1829-45]), but was most often referred to as a species of Colotis (incl. Larsen 1985), until Nazari et al. 2011. have moved a small group of fastflying species with distinctively acute forewing apex to Teracolus Swainson, [1833], based on molecular evidence.

Distribution: T. eris eris occurs throughout the sub-Saharan savannah zone, south to South Africa (Larsen 2005). The subspecies contractus (Gabriel, 1954) is endemic to Yemen and Oman. In Oman, it can be found only in the Dhofar Region.

Remarks : The distribution of the Banded Gold Tip reaches its northern edge in Dhofar, Oman. Here, it is local and rather scarce. The populations are limited to the localities, where the host plant, Boscia species can be found (Larsen & Larsen 1980).

Pinacopteryx eripha tritogenia (Klug, [1829]) Fig. 27)

Material examined: 2 exx. OMAN, Gov. Dhofar, Jabal al Qara, W of Al Mughsayl, N16°51.243' E53°43.149' 496 m, grassy escarpment, 13.10.2009 leg. S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi; 1 ex. OMAN, Dhofar, Jabal Samhan, N17°3.83' E54°38.78' 389 m, dry, rocky hillside and valley 13.07.2010 leg. S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi; 5 exx. /