Polyommatus ardschira

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: Polyommatus
Subgenus: Agrodiaetus
Species: Polyommatus ardschira
Subspecies: P. a. ardschira – P. a. luna

Name

Polyommatus ardschira (Brandt, 1938).

Type locality: Iran, "Comee, 2600m".

Holotype: Coll. Brandt. 28.VI.1937
Paratype: MNHU - see Nekrutenko, 2000: 213.

Synonymy

• Lycaena ardschira Brandt, 1938: 672, pl.4, figs 6-8.
• Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) ardschira (Brandt); Bridges, 1994: VIII.39.
• Polyommatus ardschira (Brandt); Talavera et al., 2012: 185.

References

• Brandt, W., 1938. Beitrag zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Iran. Neue Gattungen, Arten und Formen (Macrolepidopteren). Entomologische Rundschau 55: 497–702, 2 pls, 321 figs. 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. 
• Nekrutenko, Y., 2000. A catalogue of the type specimens of Palaearctic Riodinidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) deposited in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Nota lepidopterologica 23 (3/4): 192–352. BHL. Reference page. 
• Eckweiler, W. 2002. Zwei neue Unterarten des Subgenus Agrodiaetus Hübner, 1822 aus Nordwest–Iran (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Gattung Polyommatus). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 23(1-2): 77–79. PDF. 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.