''Turanana'' is a

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in the family

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. It is found in the east

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from

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Species

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Turanana anisophthalma ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *'' Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros ...

'' (Kollar,

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Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros Mountains), Afghanistan (Hindu Kush) *''

Turanana chitrali ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *'' Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros ...

'' Charmeux & Pagès, 2004 Pakistan (Zani Pass) *''

Turanana cytis ''Turanana cytis'', the Persian odd-spot blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. It is found in Turkey, the Kopet-Dagh and Iran (the Alborz and Zagros Mountains).Turanana dushak ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *''Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros M ...

'' Dubatolov, 1989 Kopet-Dagh Mountains *''

Turanana endymion ''Turanana endymion'', the odd-spot blue or Anatolian odd-spot blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1850. It is found in Turkey, Lebanon and Iran. Records from Europe refer to ''Turana ...

'' (Freyer, 1850) *''

Turanana grumi ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *''Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar,

Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagr ...

'' Forster, 1937 Pamirs, Northeast Hindu Kush *''

Turanana jurileontyi ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *'' Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros ...

'' Shchetkin, 1986 Turkenstansky Mountains *''

Turanana kugitangi ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *'' Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros ...

'' Zhdanko, 1984 Armenia (mountains), Kopet-Dagh Mountains, South Ghissar *''

Turanana laspura ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *'' Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros ...

'' (Evans, 1932) Turkestansky Mountains, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamirs, Alai, NorthWest Himalaya *''

Turanana mystica ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *'' Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros ...

'' Morgun & Tikhonov, 2010 Daghestan *''

Turanana panaegides ''Turanana'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia. Species *'' Turanana anisophthalma'' (Kollar, 849 Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros ...

'' (Staudinger, 1886) Ghissar, West Tian-Shan, Inner Tian-Shan, Alai, Pamirs, Hindu Kush *''

Turanana taygetica ''Turanana taygetica'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Rebel in 1902. It is found in Greece and Turkey. The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. The ground colour of the upperside of the wings is blue with bla ...

'' (Rebel, 1902)

References

* , 2011: Deux nouveaux Polyommatini du Tadjikistan : ''Turanana laspura panjensis'' ssp. nova et ''Agriades pheretiades ishkashimensis'' ssp. nova (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae). ''Les Lépidoptéristes de France'' 20 (48): 7–13. * , 2004: A new species of the genus ''Turanana'' from Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Phegea'' 32 (2): 63–69
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* , 2005: Revision of the ''Turanana endymion'' species-group (Lycaenidae). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 27 (4): 251–272. Full Article

* , 2006: Additional revisionary actions and corrections in the ''Turanana endymion'' species-group (Lycaenidae). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 29 (1/2): 17–25. Full Article

* , 2010: ''Turanana mystica'' spec. nov., a new lycaenid from the Great Caucasus. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ''Atalanta'' 41 (3/4): 331–334.

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