1990

• Bálint, Zs. & Lukhtanov, V.A., 1990. Plebejus (Plebejides) pylaon (Fisher von Waldheim, 1832) s.str. et ses sous-espéces (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Linneana Belgica 12(7): 274–292. Abstract and PDF link. Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1990. New taxa of satyrid and blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Satyridae, Lycaenidae) from Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Vestnik Zoologii 1990(6): 13–23, ill. PDF. (Russian) Reference page. 

1993

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1993. Eine Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Neolycaena mit den Beschreibungen einer neuen Art und einer neuen Unterart aus Kasachstan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 61–70. PDF. Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1993. Athamanthia eitschbergeri spec. nov., eine neue Art aus Kirghisien (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 71–74. PDF Reference page. 

• Dantchenko, A.V. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 1993. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Arten der Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone-Gruppe Südosteuropas und Südwestsibiriens (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 75–83. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Budashkin, Yu.I. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 1993. Eine neue Art der Untergattung Agrodiaetus von der Krim (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 85–87, 327. ResearchGate . PDF. Reference page. 

1994

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1994. Eine neue Art der Gattung Neolycaena aus dem Dsungarischem Alatau in Kasachstan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Atalanta 25(1/2): 199–202. PDF. Reference page. 

• Dantchenko, A.V. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 1994. New taxa of the subgenus Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822 from Caucasus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 25(1/2): 207–213. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1995

• Lukhtanov, V. A. 1995. Eine Übersicht über die Arten der Untergattung Satyrium (Superflua Strand, 1910) mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus Südwestgissar, Usbekistan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 16(1): 47–58. Reference page. 

1997

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1997. Eine neue Unterart von Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) aus Kasachstan (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Atalanta 28(1–2): 13–16. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1999

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1999. Neue taxa und synonyma zentralasiatischer Tagfalter (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Atalanta 30(1/4): 135–150. PDF. Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1999. Eine neue ungewöhnliche Art der Gattung Neolycaena aus Kirgisien (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 30(1/4): 129–134. PDF. Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1999. Chazara eitschbergeri spec. nov., eine neue Satyriden-Art aus Kirgisien (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrini). Atalanta 30(1/4): 119–123. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2000

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 2000. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Taxa der Athamanthia dimorpha-Gruppe (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 31(1–2): 179–192. PDF. Reference page. 

2001

• Shchurov, V.I. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 2001. Notes on the taxonomy of the genus Kretania (Beuret, 1959) with the description of a new species from the Black Sea Coast of Russia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 32(1–2): 217–225. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2002

• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2002. Descriptions of new taxa of the genus Agrodiaetus Hübner, [1822] based on karyotype investigation (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 33(1/2): 81–107. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2003

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Wiemers, M. & Meusemann, K. 2003. Description of a new species of the “brown” Agrodiaetus complex from South-East Turkey (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 26(1/2): 65–71. BHL. PDF. Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2003. Two new chromosome races of the Agrodiaetus altivagans-wagneri complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 34(3/4): 421–428. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2004

• Kandul, N.P., Lukhtanov, V.A., Dantchenko, A.V., Coleman, J.W.S., Sekercioglu, C.H., Haig, D. & Pierce, N.E. 2004. Phylogeny of Agrodiaetus Hübner 1822 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Inferred from mtDNA Sequences of COI and COII and Nuclear Sequences of Ef1-α: Karyotype Diversification and Species Radiation. Systematic Biology 53(2): 278–298. DOI: 10.1080/10635150490423692 . Reference page. 

2005

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Kandul, N.P., Plotkin, J.B., Dantchenko, A.V., Haig, D. & Pierce, N.E. 2005. Reinforcement of pre-zygotic isolation and karyotype evolution in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Nature 436: 385–389. DOI: 10.1038/nature03704 . Reference page. 

2006

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Vila, R. & Kandul, N.P. 2006. Rearrangement of the Agrodiaetus dolus species group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) using a new cytological approach and molecular data. Insect Systematics & Evolution 37 (3): 325–334. Full paper (PDF) DOI: 10.1163/187631206788838563 Reference page. 

2008

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Shapoval, N.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2008. Agrodiaetus shahkuhensis sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a cryptic species from Iran discovered by using molecular and chromosomal markers. Comparative Cytogenetics 2(2): 99–114. PDF. Reference page. 

2010

• Vila, R., Lukhtanov, V.A., Talavera, G., Gil-T., F. & Pierce, N.E., 2010. How common are dot-like distributions? Taxonomical oversplitting in western European Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101(1): 130–154. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01481.x Reference page. 

2011

• Dincă, V., Lukhtanov, V.A., Talavera, G. & Vila, R. 2011. Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies. Nature communications 2: 324. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1329 . Reference page. 

2013

• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x Reference page. 

• Dincă, V., Wiklund, C., Lukhtanov, V.A., Kodandaramaiah, U., Norén, K., Dapporto, L., Wahlberg, N., Vila, R. & Friberg, M. 2013. Reproductive isolation and patterns of genetic differentiation in a cryptic butterfly species complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26(10): 2095–2106. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12211 . Reference page. 

• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Rieppel, L., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. In the shadow of phylogenetic uncertainty: The recent diversification of Lysandra butterflies through chromosomal change. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 469–478. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.08.004 . Reference page. 

2014

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Shapoval, N.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2014. Taxonomic position of several enigmatic Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Central and Eastern Iran: insights from molecular and chromosomal data. Comparative Cytogenetics 8(4): 313–323. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i4.8939 Reference page. 

2015

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Dantchenko, A.V., Vishnevskaya, M.S. & Saifitdinova, A.F. 2015. Detecting cryptic species in sympatry and allopatry: analysis of hidden diversity in Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116(2): 468–485. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12596 Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Novikova, A.V. 2015. Interpretation of mitochondrial diversity in terms of taxonomy: a case study of Hyponephele lycaon species complex in Israel (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zookeys 538: 21–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.538.6689 Reference page. 

• Pazhenkova, E.A., Zakharov, E.V. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 2015. DNA barcoding reveals twelve lineages with properties of phylogenetic and biological species within Melitaea didyma sensu lato (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zookeys 538: 35–46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.538.6605 Reference page. 

• Shapoval, N.A. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 2015. Taxonomic Position and Status of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) iphigenia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Peloponnese, Southern Greece. Folia Biologica 63(4): 295–300. DOI: 10.3409/fb63_4.295 Reference page. 

• Shapoval, N.A. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 2015. Taxonomic interpretation of chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA variability in the species complex close to Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) dama (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Zookeys 538: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.538.6559 Reference page. 

2016

• Warren, A.D., Nakahara, S., Lukhtanov, V.A., Daly, K.M., Ferris, C.D., Grishin, N.V., Cesanek, M. & Pelham, J.P. 2016. A new species of Oeneis from Alaska, United States, with notes on the Oeneis chryxus complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 49: 1–20. ResearchGate Reference page. 

• Hernández-Roldán, J.L., Dapporto, L., Dincă, V., Vicente, J.C., Hornett, E.A., Šíchová, J., Lukhtanov, V.A., Talavera, G. & Vila, R., 2016. Integrative analyses unveil speciation linked to host plant shift in Spialia butterflies. Molecular Ecology 25(17): 4267–4284. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13756 . Reference page. 

• Vishnevskaya, M.S., Saifitdinova, A.F. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 2016. Karyosystematics and molecular taxonomy of the anomalous blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Balkan Peninsula. Comparative Cytogenetics 10(5): 1–85. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v10i5.10944 . Reference page. 

2017

• Lukhtanov, V.A. 2017. A new species of Melitaea from Israel, with notes on taxonomy, cytogenetics, phylogeography and interspecific hybridization in the Melitaea persea complex (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Comparative cytogenetics 11(2): 325–327. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i2.12370 . Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2017. A new butterfly species from south Russia revealed through chromosomal and molecular analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative cytogenetics 11(4): 769–795. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072 . Reference page. 

2018

• Todisco, V., Grill, A., Fiedler, K., Gottsberger, B., Dincă, V., Vodă, R., Lukhtanov, V.A. & Letsch, H. 2018. Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae. BMC Zoology 3: 4. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-018-0032-7 . Reference page. 

• Wiemers, M., Balletto, E., Dincă, V., Fric, Z.F., Lamas, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Munguira, M.L., van Swaay, C.A.M., Vila, R., Vliegenthart, A., Wahlberg, N. & Verovnik, R. 2018. An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). Zookeys, 811: 9–45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.811.28712 Reference page. 

2019

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Efetov, K.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2019. Karyotype reinvestigation does not confirm the presence of two cryptic species and interspecific hybridization in the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damocles complex in the Crimea (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative cytogenetics 13(3): 311–319. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i3.46777 . Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2019. Karyotype of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) eriwanensis Forster, 1960 and taxonomic position of P. (A.) interjectus de Lesse, 1960 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative cytogenetics 13(4): 359–366. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i4.46897 . Reference page. 

• Lukhtanov, V., Surakov, A., Tikhonov, V. & Zakharov, E. 2019. Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Erebia tyndarus Species Group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) Based on an Analysis of COI Barcodes, Morphology, and Geographic Distribution. Folia Biologica 67(4): 149–157. DOI: 10.3409/fb_67-4.15 . Reference page.