Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Kretania
Species: Kretania alcedo

Kretania alcedo ♂,♀ from original description.
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

Name

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Kretania alcedo (Christoph, 1876).

Type locality: "Schahkuh" [NE.Iran].

Syntypes: ♂,♀ BMNH; Lectotype ♀ designated by Bálint, 1999.

Synonymy

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  • Lycaena alcedo Christoph, 1877: 233, pl.5 figs 3,4; Bálint, 1999: 9.
  • Lycaena alcedo noah (var.) Herz, 1900: 442. TL: Uzbekistan, Zeravshan River.
  • Vacciniina alcedo (Christoph); Rose, 1977: 62; Zhdanko et el 2000: 179, pl.68, f.51-53.
  • Vacciniina alcedo occidentissima Rose, 1977: 62.
  • Polyommatus alcedo (Christoph); Lewis, 1974: pl.206, f.24.
  • Albulina alcedo (Christoph); Bálint & Johnson, 1997: 18.
  • Kretania alcedo (Christoph); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011: 88; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2012: 187.

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