Holotype [♂] S Persia [Iran]: Farsistan, Schiraz [Shīraz], 1842 (T. Kotschy) [NHMV]. Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 520, mislabelled an illustration of the holotype as "♀".
Taxonomic Notes:
Synonymized with Berutana syriaca as a subspecies by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 520, who incorrectly treated syriaca as the senior name. This error was corrected in the Corrigenda (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 935).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
