''Kretania'' 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 of
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.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:
The ''eurypilus'' species-group:
* ''
Kretania csomai
''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) – ...
''
(Bálint, 1992)
* ''
Kretania eurypilus''
(Freyer, 1852) – eastern brown argus
* ''
Kretania iranica
''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) – e ...
''
(Forster, 1938)
* ''
Kretania psylorita
''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) – e ...
''
(Freyer, 1845) – Cretan argus
* ''
Kretania zamotajlovi
''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) – e ...
''
Shchurov & Lukhtanov, 2001
The ''pylaon'' species-group:
* ''
Kretania allardii
''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) – e ...
''
(Oberthür, 1874)
* ''
Kretania beani
''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) – e ...
''
(Bálint & Johnson, 1997)
* ''
Kretania hesperica
''Kretania hesperica'', the Spanish zephyr blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat de ...
''
(Rambur, 1840)
* ''
Kretania klausrosei''
(Bálint, 1992)
* ''
Kretania martini''
(Allard, 1867) – Martin's blue
* ''
Kretania modica
''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) – e ...
''
(Verity, 1935)
* ''
Kretania nicholli
''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) – ...
''
(Elwes, 1901)
* ''
Kretania patriarcha''
(Bálint, 1992)
* ''
Kretania philbyi
''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) – e ...
''
(Graves, 1925)
* ''
Kretania pylaon
''Kretania pylaon'', the zephyr blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Russia and the Middle East to Iran. The habitat consists of dry habitats.
This species was considered to encompass a lot of subspecies a ...
''
(Fischer de Waldheim, 1832) – zephyr blue
* ''
Kretania sephirus
''Kretania sephirus'', previously known as ''Plebejus sephirus'', is a species of butterfly that belongs to the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Asia Minor. The species is part of a species complex, with many me ...
''
(Frivaldszky, 1835)
* ''
Kretania stekolnikovi
''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) – ...
''
Stradomsky & Tikhonov, 2015
* ''
Kretania trappi
The Alpine zephyr blue (''Kretania trappi'') is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Italy and Switzerland. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss
Ha ...
''
(Verity, 1927)
* ''
Kretania usbekus
''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) – ...
''
(Forster, 1939)
* ''
Kretania zephyrinus
''Kretania zephyrinus '' is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Central Asia) that belongs to the blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues in ...
''
(Christoph, 1884)
The ''alcedo'' species-group:
* ''
Kretania alcedo
''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) – ...
''
(Christoph, 1877)
Taxonomy
''Kretania'' used to be often included in ''
Polyommatus
''Polyommatus'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Its species are found in the Palearctic realm.
Taxonomy
Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that ''Cyaniris'', '' Lysandra'', and '' Neolysandra'' are different genera ...
'' 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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