Polyommatus shahkuhensis

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 shahkuhensis

Name

Polyommatus shahkuhensis (Lukhtanov, Shapoval & Dantchenko, 2008)

Type locality: Iran, Prov. Golestan, Elburs Mts., Shahkuh, about 45 km NW of Shahrud, 2000-2200 m.

Holotype: MCZH. male ♂. 30.VII.2002. leg. V. Lukhtanov and A. Dantchenko.

Synonymy

• Agrodiaetus shahkuhensis Lukhtanov, Shapoval & Dantchenko, 2008: 112.
• Polyommatus shahkuhensis (Lukhtanov, Shapoval & Dantchenko); Talavera et al., 2013: 186.

References

• Lukhtanov, V.A., Shapoval, N.A. & Dantchenko, A.V. 2008. Agrodiaetus shahkuhensis sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a cryptic species from Iran discovered by using molecular and chromosomal markers. Comparative Cytogenetics 2(2): 99–114. 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.