Kretania martini

Kretania martini (Allard, 1867) from original description.

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 martini
Subspecies: (3)
K. m. martini – K. m. regularis – K. m. ungemachi

Name

Kretania martini (Allard, 1867).

Type locality: Algeria, "Lambessa".

Holotype: ♀. loc. tbc.

Synonymy

• Lycaena martinii Allard, 1867: 314, pl.6, f.2a,b.
• Lycaena martini Allard, 1867: 319.
• Plebejus (Plebejides) martini (Allard); Bridges, 1994: IX.95.
• Plebejus (Plebejides) martinii [sic] (Allard); Bridges, 1994: IX.95; "(Incorrect Original Spelling)".
• Plebejus martini (Allard); Bálint & Johnson, 1997: 16; Tshikolovets, 2011: 223.
• Kretania martini (Allard); Talavera et al, 2013: 187.
  • Note. The original spelling shows the double "ii" ending in both introductory text and image, but the descriptive text is headed "martini".

References

• Allard, G., 1867. Notes sur les Insectes de l'Algérie. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 4(7): 311–322, pl.6. BHL plate. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• De Prins, W., van der Poorten, D. & Bálint, Z. 1992. Taxonomic revision of the North African species of the genus Plebejus Kluk, 1802 (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae). Phegea 20(1): 11–34. BHL 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.