Kretania

Kretania is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:

The eurypilus species-group:

• Kretania csomai <small>(Bálint, 1992)</small>
• Kretania eurypilus <small>(Freyer, 1852)</small> &ndash; eastern brown argus
• Kretania iranica <small>(Forster, 1938)</small>
• Kretania psylorita <small>(Freyer, 1845)</small> &ndash; Cretan argus
• Kretania zamotajlovi <small>Shchurov & Lukhtanov, 2001</small>

The pylaon species-group:

• Kretania allardii <small>(Oberthür, 1874)</small>
• Kretania beani <small>(Bálint & Johnson, 1997)</small>
• Kretania hesperica <small>(Rambur, 1840)</small>
• Kretania klausrosei <small>(Bálint, 1992)</small>
• Kretania martini <small>(Allard, 1867)</small> &ndash; Martin's blue
• Kretania modica <small>(Verity, 1935)</small>
• Kretania nicholli <small>(Elwes, 1901)</small>
• Kretania patriarcha <small>(Bálint, 1992)</small>
• Kretania philbyi <small>(Graves, 1925)</small>
• Kretania pylaon <small>(Fischer de Waldheim, 1832)</small> &ndash; zephyr blue
• Kretania sephirus <small>(Frivaldszky, 1835)</small>
• Kretania stekolnikovi <small>Stradomsky & Tikhonov, 2015</small>
• Kretania trappi <small>(Verity, 1927)</small>
• Kretania usbekus <small>(Forster, 1939)</small>
• Kretania zephyrinus <small>(Christoph, 1884)</small>

The alcedo species-group:

• Kretania alcedo <small>(Christoph, 1877)</small>

Taxonomy

Kretania used to be often included in Polyommatus or in Plebejus, but molecular studies have led to reinstate it as a valid genus, now also encompassing species formerly included in Plebejides (i.e. the pylaon species-group), and K. alcedo (formerly in Vacciniina).

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