Afarsia sieversii

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 sieversii
Subspecies: (5)
A. s. albolunulatus – A. s. amatrix – A. s. felicia – A. s. gorana – A. s. haberhaueri – A. s. sieversii

Name

Afarsia sieversii (Christoph, 1873).

Type locality: Iran, Tasch, Shahkuh.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Lycaena sieversii Christoph, 1873: 23, pl. 1, figs 1-2.
• Lycaena sieversi [sic] (Christoph); Grum-Grshimailo, 1890: 379.
• Polyommatus sieversii (Christoph); Lewis, 1974: pl. 206, fig 28.
• Albulina sieversii (Christoph); Bálint & Johnson, 1997.
• Farsia sieversi (Christoph); Zhdanko ,2000: 177, pl. 68, f. 27-35]
• Afarsia sieversii (Christoph); 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. 
• Christoph, H. T., 1873. Weiterer Beitrag zum Verzeichnisse der in Nord-Persien einheimischen Schmetterlinge. Horae Societas entomologicae ross. [Moscow] 10: 3–55, 1pl. BHL: text, plate. Reference page. 
• Grum-Grshimailo, G. E., 1890. Le Pamir et sa faune lédopterologique, in Romanoff, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. 4: vii+577 pp, 22 pls. 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.