Afarsia morgiana

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: Afarsia
Species: Afarsia morgiana
Subspecies: A. m. badgiri – A. m. blomi – A. m. guzelderensis – A. m. lalehzarus – A. m. lorestanensis – A. m. montetafianus – A. m. morgiana – A. m. seleucus – A. m. vaneki

Name

Afarsia morgiana (Kirby, 1871).

Type locality: NE.Iran, Hadschyabad.

Holotype: biblio: replacement name for hyrcana Lederer, 1869

Synonymy

• Lycaena hyrcana Lederer, 1869: 78, pl. 4, f. 6-7 (preocc. by Lycaena hyrcanus C. Felder, 1860: 455).
• Cupido morgiana Kirby, 1871: 369.
• Vacciniina hyrcana (Lederer); Lewis, 1973: pl. 206, fig. 49.
• Plebejus morgiana morgiana (Kirby); Bridges, 1994: VIII.310, IX.92.
• Albulina morgianus (Kirby); Bálint & Johnson, 1997.
• Farsia morgiana (Kirby); Zhdanko, 2000: 178, pl. 68, figs 48-50.
• Afarsia morgiana (Kirby); Talavera et al, 2012: 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. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Charmeux, J.-F. 2016b. Plebejus morgianus lorestanensis nova subspecies d’Iran (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) Revue des Lépidoptéristes de France 25 (65): 104–106. Reference page. 
• Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus. S-B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40(11): 447–468. BHL Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page. 
• Lederer, J. 1869. Verzeichniss der von Herrn. Jos. Haberhauer bei Astrabad in Persien gesammelten Schmetterlinge. Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 6: 73–93, pls 4,5. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. Harrap, London.
• 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. 
• Zhdanko, A.B. in Tuzov, V.K. (ed.), 2000. Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Volume 2; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae. Pensoft, Sofia. Reference page. 

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