''Afarsia'' is a

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...

.It has been synonymized with '' Albulina'' by some authors, but studies on the

molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

of Polyommatini have led to its treatment as an independent genus, which appears as the

sister group In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and ...

of the genus '' Kretania'' sensu lato, with weak support.

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Afarsia''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * '' Afarsia antoninae'' (Lukhtanov, 1999) Tian Shan * ''

Afarsia ashretha ''Afarsia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.It has been synonymized with ''Albulina'' by some authors, but studies on the molecular phylogenetics of Polyommatini have led to its treatment as an independent genus, whi ...

'' (Evans, 1925) Tajikistan, Pakistan * '' Afarsia hanna'' (Evans, 1932) Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan. * '' Afarsia iris'' (Lang, 1884) sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Afarsia sieversii''. * '' Afarsia jurii'' (Tshikolovets, 1997) sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Afarsia rutilans''. * '' Afarsia morgiana'' (Kirby, 1871) Armenia, Turkey, Iran * '' Afarsia neoiris'' (Tshikolovets, 1997) Tajikistan * '' Afarsia omotoi'' (Forster, 1972) Afghanistan * '' Afarsia rutilans'' (Staudinger, 1886)

Alay mountains The Alay or Alai Range (; ) is a mountain range that extends from the Tien Shan mountain range in Kyrgyzstan west into Tajikistan. It is part of the Pamir-Alay mountain system. The range runs approximately east to west. Its highest summit is Pik ...

* '' Afarsia sieversii'' (Christoph, 1873) Iran, Turkestan, Pamir

References

External links

* Polyommatini Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub