Polyommatus zarathustra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Subgenus: Agrodiaetus
Species: Polyommatus zarathustra

Name

Polyommatus zarathustra Eckweiler, 1997.

Type locality: Iran, Lorestan, Dorud, Saravand, 2000-2300 m.

Holotype: male ♂. 2-5.VIII.1979. legit Eckweiler.

Synonymy

• Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) zarathustra Eckweiler, 1997: 9.
• Agrodiaetus zarathustra (Eckweiler)
• Polyommatus zarathustra (Eckweiler); Talavera et al., 2013: 186.

References

Primary references

• Eckweiler, W. 1997. Neue Taxa von Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 16: 7–22. Full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. Reference page. 
• Lukhtanov, V.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2017. A new butterfly species from south Russia revealed through chromosomal and molecular analysis of the Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damonides complex (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Comparative cytogenetics 11(4): 769–795. DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v11i4.20072 . Reference page.