Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok XVIII. - Natura Somogyiensis 34. / Miscellanea 18. (Kaposvár, 2020)
Schmidt P. et al.: A faunistic contribution to the butterfly fauna of Oman (Lepidoptera: Diurna)
178 Natura Somogyiensis exx. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar / 3 km W of Rakhyuth / N16°45.225' E53°23.905' / 36 m wadi / 31.10.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky; 6 exx. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar / 18 km of roadside between Sadah and Mirbat / N17°9.542’ E54°52.774' / 529 m dry rocky vegetation / 02.11.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky; 11 exx. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar / Wadi Shaboun / N17°32.83’ E54°38.78’ / dry forest / 02.05.2019 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, G. Körtési; 35 exx. / OMAN, Reg. A1 Batinah South / Balad Seet / N23° 11.794' E57°23.426' / 914 m oasis, spring / 06.05.2019 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, G. Körtési; 6 exx. / OMAN, Reg. A1 Dakhiliyah / Jabal Shams /N23° 15.339' E57° 13.092' / 2138 m rocky and bushy vegetation / 06.05.2019 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, G. Körtési. Distribution; The Brown-veined or Caper White is distributed throughout tropical Africa, Arabia, the Near and the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent and is a regular migrant (Williams 2019). In Oman, B. aurota has permanent populations, but immigrants from mainland Africa also regularly reach the Arabian Peninsula and interbreed with the locally bred butterflies (Larsen & Larsen 1980). Remarks'. The wet-season form of this species has stronger black markings along the veins and vivid creamy yellow ground colour on the underside of the hindwing. It is a great flier and a regular migrant. During migrations, specimens can reach as far north as Malta (Tshikolovets 2011). The larvae feed on different species of Boscia, Capparis and Maerua genus (William 2019). Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) Material examined: 2 exx. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar / 3 km N of Quiroon Hairitti / N17° 16.362' E54°04.949' 813 m, dry grassland / 28.10.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi; 9 exx. / OMAN Prov. Dhofar, / 2 km E of Rakhyuth / N16°44.968' E53°26.256' / 22 m, seashore / 31.10.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. J. Simonyi, S. Ilniczky; 1 ex. / OMAN Prov. Dhofar / 7 km W of Mirbat / N17°01.578' E54°39.322' /31m seashore, sand dunes / 30.04.2019 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, G. Körtési. Distribution: The global distribution of this species covers the desert and semi-desert areas of North Africa, across the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula, east to Pakistan and Tajikistan. The Desert White is a rather common butterfly across all parts of Oman. Remarks: The larval host plants are various Reseda and Ochradenus species. The pupas of this species are able to survive the extreme weather condition even in the worse years. They can stay in this status for several years, waiting for the right conditions to hatch (Larsen & Larsen 1980). This species is probably a vicariant of the closely related P. daplidice, which colonises the more temperate habitats, and only occasionally co-occur in the same biotopes (Larsen 1982). Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 Aphnaeinae Distant, 1884 Axiocerces harpax kadugli (Talbot, 1935) Material examined: 1 ex. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar, / 2 km E of Rakhyuth / N16°44.968' E53°26.256' / 22 m, seashore / 31.10.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky. Taxonomic note: ssp. kadugli (Talbot, 1935) could be considered as an extreme dry area ecological form of A. harpax distributed in the northern Sahel zone across the continent, rather than a subspecies (Larsen 2005), but it was not formally invalidated. Distribution: The nominate subspecies is distributed in large territories of the northern savannah zone of Western Africa, with further subspecies in Central and Eastern Africa.
