Kretania hesperica

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 hesperica

Name

Kretania hesperica (Rambur, [1839]).

Type locality: Spain, Granada Prov., Sierra de Alfacar.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Lycaena hesperica Rambur, [1839]: pl.10, f.1-4; [1840]: p.270.
• Plebejus pylaon hespericus (Rambur); Higgins & Riley, 1970: 275.
• Plebejus hespericus (Rambur); Bálint & Johnson, 1997: 16; Tshikolovets, 2011: 216.
• Kretania hesperica (Rambur); Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013: 187.

Links

• Plebejus (Plebijides) hespericus (Rambur, 1839), Moths and Butterflies of Europe.

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. 
• 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. 
• Rambur, J. P. 1837–1840. Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie. Paris, Bertrand. 1 1-144, Pls. 1-20; 2: 1-176, pls 1-16. 5 [1840]: 177-336. Paris: A. Bertrand.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. 
• Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.