Biology:Turanana taygetica

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Turanana taygetica
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Turanana
Species:
T. taygetica
Binomial name
Turanana taygetica
(Rebel, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena panagaea taygetica Rebel, 1902

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 blackish marginal borders. The underside ground colour is whitish grey. Adult males are often found watering inside the forest zone and near the presumed host-plant.

The larvae probably feed on Acantholimon species.[2]

Subspecies

  • Turanana taygetica taygetica (Greece: Peloponnese)
  • Turanana taygetica endymionoides Coutsis, 2004 (western Asiatic Turkey, Greece: Peloponnese)

References

  1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E. et al. (2015). "Turanana taygetica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T174239A53713991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T174239A53713991.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174239/53713991. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. COUTSIS (2005): Revision of the Turana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251-272

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