''Afarsia'' is a

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 the known butterfl ...

.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 t ...

of the genus ''

Kretania ''Kretania'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species Listed alphabetically within groups: The ''eurypilus'' species-group: * '' Kretania csomai'' (Bálint, 1992) * '' Kretania eurypilus'' (Freyer, 1852) – ...

'' 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, wh ...

'' (Evans, 1925) Tadjikistan, Pakistan * ''

Afarsia hanna ''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, wh ...

'' (Evans, 1932) Tadjikistan, 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 ''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, wh ...

'' (Tshikolovets, 1997) Tadjikistan * ''

Afarsia omotoi ''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, wh ...

'' (Forster, 1972) Afghanistan * ''

Afarsia rutilans ''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, wh ...

'' (Staudinger, 1886) Alay mountains * ''

Afarsia sieversii ''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, wh ...

'' (Christoph, 1873) Iran, Turkestan, Pamir

References

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* Polyommatini Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub