Turanana taygetica
Appearance
Turanana taygetica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Turanana |
Species: | T. taygetica
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Binomial name | |
Turanana taygetica (Rebel, 1902)
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Turanana taygetica is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Rebel in 1902. It is found in Greece and Turkey.
The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm.
The larvae probably feed on Acantholimon species.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Turanana taygetica taygetica (Greece: Peloponnese)
- Turanana taygetica endymionoides Coutsis, 2004 (western Asiatic Turkey, Greece: Peloponnese)
References
[edit]- ^ van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Turanana taygetica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T174239A53713991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T174239A53713991.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ COUTSIS (2005): Revision of the Turana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251-272 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine