Kretania psylorita

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: Kretania
Species: Kretania psylorita

Name

Kretania psylorita (Freyer, 1852).

Type locality: Crete, Mt. Ida.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Lycaena psylorita Freyer, [1845]: 146, pl.469 figs 3-4.
• Lycaena psylorita obenbergeri [Form] Tronicek, 1938: 116. Synonymy in BMNH cardex.
• Polyommatus psylorita (Freyer); Bálint & Johnson, 1997: 22.
• Plebejus (Kretania) psylorita (Freyer); Fauna Europaea.
• Kretania psylorita (Freyer); Higgins & Riley, 1970 280; Lewis, 1974: pl.9, fig.32; Shchurov & Lukhtanov, 2001: 218; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013: 187.

References

• Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1997. Reformation of the Polyommatus section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1–68. PDF. Reference page. 
• Freyer, C.F. 1831–1858. Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. Augsburg, Reiger. 4to 7 volumes, 120 parts, 700 col. pls. Reference page. 
• ten Hagen, W., 2013. Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, [1851]) und verwandte Taxa (Teil 2): Ergebnisse neuer Untersuchungen (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 34(1/2): 39-50. (PDF). Reference page. 
• Higgins, L.G. & Riley, N.D. 1970. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins, London, 338 pp. 60 pls. Reference page. 
• Korb, S.K. & Bolshakov, L.V. 2011. A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia, Supplement 2. Full article (PDF) in Russian. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H.L. 1974. Butterflies of the World, xvi + 312pp., 208 pls. Harrap, London. ISBN 0-245-52097-X; Open Library. Reference page. 
• Shchurov, V.I. & Lukhtanov, V.A. 2001. Notes on the taxonomy of the genus Kretania (Beuret, 1959) with the description of a new species from the Black Sea Coast of Russia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 32(1–2): 217–225. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Tronicek, E., 1938. Lycaena psylorita ab. obenbergeri m.n. Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické Prague. 35: 116-118, figs. Reference page.