Kretania beani

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: Kretania
Species: Kretania beani

Name

Kretania beani (Bálint & Johnson, 1997).

Type locality: Baluchistan, Hanna & W. Tibet.

Syntypes: ♂,♀; BMNH?

Synonymy

• Lycaena pylaon indica Evans, 1925: 346; invalid - homonym of Lycaena indica Murray, 1874: 525, pl.10 figs 2,3.
• Plebejus beani Bálint & Johnson, 1997: 16. Replacement name.
• Kretania beani (Bálint & Johnson); 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. 
• Evans, W.H., (1925). The identification of Indian butterflies, Pt.7. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30(2): 322–351, 2 pls. BHL. Reference page. 
• Murray, Rev.R.P., 1874. Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond 22(4): 523-529, pl.10. BHL plate 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.