Kretania alcedo ♂,♀ from original description.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Kretania
Species: Kretania alcedo

Name

Kretania alcedo (Christoph, 1876).

Type locality: "Schahkuh" [NE.Iran].

Syntypes: ♂,♀ BMNH ; Lectotype ♀ designated by Bálint, 1999.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena alcedo Christoph, 1877: 233, pl.5 figs 3,4; Bálint, 1999: 9.
  • Lycaena alcedo noah (var.) Herz, 1900: 442. TL: Uzbekistan, Zeravshan River.
  • Vacciniina alcedo (Christoph); Rose, 1977: 62; Zhdanko et el 2000: 179, pl.68, f.51-53.
  • Vacciniina alcedo occidentissima Rose, 1977: 62.
  • Polyommatus alcedo (Christoph); Lewis, 1974: pl.206, f.24.
  • Albulina alcedo (Christoph); Bálint & Johnson, 1997: 18.
  • Kretania alcedo (Christoph); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011: 88; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2012: 187.

References

  • Christoph, H.T., 1876-1877. Sammelergebenisse aus Nordpersien, Krasnowodsk in Turkmenien und dem Dhagestan. Horae Societas entomologicae ross. [Moscow] 12: 181–196 (1876); 197-299 (1877), Pls 5-8. BHL1, BHL2, plates. Reference page. 
  • Herz, A. O., 1900. Meine Lepidopteren - Ausbeute im nördlichen Buchara und im Seravaschan - Gebiete im Jahre 1892. Annuarie du musée zoologique... St Pétersbourg 5(4): 428–457. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Lewis, H.L. 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. Harrap, London. Reference page. 
  • Rose, K. 1977. Vacciniina alcedo in Zentralanatolien, nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart (Lep., Lycaenidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 87(6): 62–65. Reference page. 
  • Zhdanko, A.B. in Tuzov, V.K. (ed.), 2000. Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Volume 2; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae. Pensoft, Sofia. Reference page. 
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