Kretania sephirus

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

Lycaena akbesiana (= Kretania sephirus) 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

Kretania sephirus (Frivaldszky, 1835).

Type locality: Bulgaria, Balkan Mts, Sliven.

Syntype: ♂ BMNH, Rothschild Bequest, Bulgaria (Balkan Mnts); BMNH(E) #265360.

Synonymy

• Lycaena sephirus Frivaldszky, 1835: 269, pl.7, figs 1-2.
• Lycaena zephyrus [sic (Frivaldszky)]; Herrich-Schäffer, [1843]: 126.
• Lycaena zephyrus akbesiana [sic] Oberthür, 1904: 16, pl.2, f.21-22; Bálint, 1999: 9; TL: Syrie, Akbés.
• Lycaena zephyrus ledereri (ab.) [sic] Thierry-Mieg, 1911: 235. Synonymy on BMNH card.
• Lycaena sephyrus uhryki [sic] Rebel, 1911: 191; Bálint, 1999: 62; TL: Deliblát, Flamunda, Yugoslavia. Synonymy on BMNH card.
• Plebeius sephyrus [sic] (Frivaldszky); Verity, 1935: 245.
• Plebeius sephyrus microsephyrus [sic] Verity, 1935: 245. Synonymy on BMNH card.
• Plebeius sephirus kovacsi Szabó, 1954: 39; Bálint, 1999: 40; TL: Csomád Fót, Hungary
• Plebeius sephirus proximus Szabó, 1954: 39. Synonymy on BMNH card.
• Plebeius foticus Szabó, 1956: 276. Synonymy on BMNH card.
• Plebejus pylaon sephyrus (Frivaldszky); [BMNH card]
• Plebejus pylaon sephirus (Frivaldszky); Higgins & Riley, 1970: 275.
• Plebejus pylaon brethertoni Brown, 1976: 46; TL: Greece, Mt Helmós.
• Plebejides sephirus magnificus Bálint, 1987: 101; TL: Macedonia, 1600m, Petrina planina.
• Plebejus (Plebejides) pylaon sephirus (Frivaldszky); Bálint, 1999: 58; Abadjiev, 2002: 22.
• Plebejides sephirus (Frivaldszky); Zhdanko et al, 2000: 169, pl.71, f.37-42; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011: 86.
• Kretania sephirus (Frivaldszky); Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013: 187.

References

• Abadjiev, S.P. 2002. Types of Balkan butterflies in the collection of The Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea & Papilionoidea). Neue entomologische nachrichten 53: 3–53. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bálint, Z. 1987. Description of a new subspecies of Plebejus (Plebejides) sephirus Frivaldszky, 1835 from Macedonia with short note on the pylaon-complex. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Galathea 3: 98–108. Full article (PDF). 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. 
• Bálint, Z.,1999. Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). PDF. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 46: 3–82. Reference page. 
• Brown, J. 1976. On two previously undescribed subspecies of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Greece. Entomologische Berichten 36(3): 46-47. BHL. Reference page. 
• Frivaldszky, E. 1835. Közlések a' Balkány vidékén tett természettudományi utazásról. [Intelligences on the natural history journey taken in the Balkan region]. A Magyar Tudós Társaság Évkönyvei 2: 235–276, 7 plates. BSB. Reference page. 
• Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1843–56. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu Jakob Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg, In Commission bei G. J. Manz. Vols: 1–3; Vols: 4–5; Vol. 6. 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. 
• Korb, S.K. & Bolshakov, L.V. 2011. A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia, Supplement 2. Full article (PDF) in Russian. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1904-1909. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 1: 5-77, Pls.1-6; 2: 7-40, Pls.7-9; 3: 7-415, Pls.10-33. Reference page. 
• Rebel, H., 1911. Eine Neue Lycaenidenform aus Südungarn. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 25(34): 191. BHL Reference page. 
• Szabó, R. 1954. A Plebejus sephirus Friv. koezepdunamedenceiu formai - The forms of Plebejus sephirus in the Middle Danubian Basin. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 7: 29–39. Reference page. 
• Szabó, R. 1956. Magyarország Lycaenidái. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 9: 235–362. 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. 
• Thierry-Mieg, P., 1911. Description de Lépidoptères Nouveaux. Naturaliste 32: 46-47, 127, 140-141, 154, 167, 235, 247-248. BHL Reference page. 
• Tronicek, E., 1938. Lycaena psylorita ab. obenbergeri m.n. Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické Prague. 35: 116-118, figs. Reference page. 
• Verity, R., 1935. Races de Lysandra thersites Chapman et de Plebeius sephyrus Frivaldszky de l'Asie Mineure. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 45(17): 243-245. Gallica. 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.