Biology:Kretania zephyrinus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Kretania zephyrinus | |
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| Male, in Turkey. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Kretania |
| Species: | K. zephyrinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Kretania zephyrinus (Christoph, 1884) [1]
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Kretania zephyrinus is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Central Asia) that belongs to the blues family.
Subspecies
- K. z. zephyrinus Kopet-Dagh
- K. z. ordubadi (Forster, 1938) Caucasus Major, Armenia (highlands), Talysh
- K. z. forsteri (Bálint, 1990) Dzhungarsky Alatau Mountains
- K. z. tarbagataiensis (Bálint, 1992) Saur, Tarbagatai, South Altai
Description from Seitz
zephyrinus Christ. (78 h) has zephyrinus. the black margin broader above and the ocelli of the underside larger; from Pamir and Turkestan. — [2]
Biology
The larva feeds on Astragalus species.
See also
- List of butterflies of Russia
References
- ↑ Christoph, 1877 Sammelergebnisse aus Nordpersion, Krasnowodsk in Turkmenien und dem Daghestan Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 12 (2): 181-192, (3): 197-299 (1877), (4): pl. 5-8
- ↑ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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Wikidata ☰ Q21274229 entry
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