''Kretania'' 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 ...
of
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 ...
.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:
The ''eurypilus'' species-group:
* ''
Kretania csomai''
(Bálint, 1992)
* ''
Kretania eurypilus''
(Freyer, 1852) – eastern brown argus
* ''
Kretania iranica''
(Forster, 1938)
* ''
Kretania psylorita''
(Freyer, 1845) – Cretan argus
* ''
Kretania zamotajlovi''
Shchurov & Lukhtanov, 2001
The ''pylaon'' species-group:
* ''
Kretania allardii''
(Oberthür, 1874)
* ''
Kretania beani''
(Bálint & Johnson, 1997)
* ''
Kretania hesperica''
(Rambur, 1840)
* ''
Kretania klausrosei''
(Bálint, 1992)
* ''
Kretania martini
''Kretania martini'', or Martin's blue'','' is a species of North African butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and the subfamily Polyommatinae.
Systematics
The species was first described by French entomologist Gaston Allard in 1867. He initia ...
''
(Allard, 1867) – Martin's blue
* ''
Kretania modica''
(Verity, 1935)
* ''
Kretania nicholli''
(Elwes, 1901)
* ''
Kretania patriarcha''
(Bálint, 1992)
* ''
Kretania philbyi''
(Graves, 1925)
* ''
Kretania pylaon''
(Fischer de Waldheim, 1832) – zephyr blue
* ''
Kretania sephirus''
(Frivaldszky, 1835)
* ''
Kretania stekolnikovi''
Stradomsky & Tikhonov, 2015
* ''
Kretania trappi''
(Verity, 1927)
* ''
Kretania usbekus''
(Forster, 1939)
* ''
Kretania zephyrinus''
(Christoph, 1884)
The ''alcedo'' species-group:
* ''
Kretania alcedo''
(Christoph, 1877)
Taxonomy
''Kretania'' used to be often included in ''
Polyommatus
''Polyommatus'' is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic realm.
Taxonomy
Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that ''Cyaniris'', ''Lysandra (butterfly), Lysandra'', and ''Neoly ...
'' or in ''
Plebejus'', but molecular studies have led to reinstate it as a valid genus, now also encompassing species formerly included in ''Plebejides'' (i.e. the ''pylaon'' species-group), and ''K. alcedo'' (formerly in ''Vacciniina'').
References
External links
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Lycaenidae genera
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