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The article presents an overview of the Gnorimoschema brackenridgella and mentions that concept of the brackenridgiella was based on description of G. detersella by entomologist James Brackenridge Clemens. It mentions that male genitalia of G. detersella was remounted and dissected to verify identification of brackenridgiella from Canada.

The article deals with the conservation of the name Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775, a legitimate name for a common butterfly with several subspecies found in 50 countries within Africa, Arabia and Asia. Colitis danae is known as the nominate Indian subspecies of Scarlet Crimson Tip. The generic name Colitis was introduced in 1819, but was not largely utilized primarily because its type species was not understood. According to A. O. Koçak, the Indian Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775 is the junior primary homonym of the European Papilio danae Hufnagel, 1766. It was recommended that the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) utilize its power to suppress the name danae Hufganel and include the name danae Fabricius, 1775 on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology.

Distribution of Phoenicurusia transcaucasicus (Miller, 1923) in Iran and neighbouring territories is clarified based on analysis of DNA barcodes, the male genitalia and wing pattern of adults. Our study revealed the widespread distribution of Ph. transcaucasicus throughout northern, northeastern and central Iran. Based on integrative analysis, a new subspecies, Ph. transcaucasicus flamma ssp. n., is described from the Zagros Mountains, the Central Iranian Range and the Alborz Mountains. Compared to the nominotypical subspecies, the new subspecies differs in well-developed orange pattern both of dorsal and ventral sides of the wings, shape of the valva in the male genitalia and distinct COI haplotypes. Additionally, distinct phylogenetic lineage of Ph. transcaucasicus is reported from Kerman Province. Diagnostic characters of the species of Ph. phoenicurus (Lederer, 1870) group of Iran are illustrated.

A new subspecies of Leptideasinapis from Northern Iran, discovered by means of DNA barcoding, is described as Leptideasinapistabarestana ssp. nov. The new subspecies is allopatric with respect to other populations of L.sinapis and is genetically distinct, appearing as a well-supported sister clade to all other populations in COI-based phylogenetic reconstructions. Details on karyotype, genitalia, ecology and behaviour for the new subspecies are given and a biogeographical speciation scenario is proposed., (Vazrick Nazari, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Alireza Naderi, Zdenek Faltýnek Fric, Vlad Dincă, Roger Vila.)