Introduction

The life history and genitalia of A. louristana (Type locality: Louristan, “Perse”) have been studied by Carbonell (1996a). Blom and Eisner (1979) described A. l. boyrahmadensis (Type locality: Yasuj, Iran) based on differences in a few morphological characters; this name was later synonymized with the nominal population (Carbonell, 1996a; Nazari, 2003). Carbonell and Karbalaye (1998) map the records of A. louristana (and some other Aristolochia-feeding species), in relation to the distribution of Aristolochia in Iran.