Afarsia

Afarsia is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.It has been synonymized with Albulina by some authors, but studies on the molecular phylogenetics of Polyommatini have led to its treatment as an independent genus, which appears as the sister group of the genus Kretania sensu lato, with weak support.

Afarsia
Afarsia morgiana vaneki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Afarsia
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
Synonyms

Farsia Zhdanko, 1992 (preocc. Amsel, 1961)

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Afarsia antoninae (Lukhtanov, 1999) Tian Shan
  • Afarsia ashretha (Evans, 1925) Tajikistan, Pakistan
  • Afarsia hanna (Evans, 1932) Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan.
  • Afarsia iris (Lang, 1884) sometimes considered a subspecies of Afarsia sieversii.
  • Afarsia jurii (Tshikolovets, 1997) sometimes considered a subspecies of Afarsia rutilans.
  • Afarsia morgiana (Kirby, 1871) Armenia, Turkey, Iran
  • Afarsia neoiris (Tshikolovets, 1997) Tajikistan
  • Afarsia omotoi (Forster, 1972) Afghanistan
  • Afarsia rutilans (Staudinger, 1886) Alay mountains
  • Afarsia sieversii (Christoph, 1873) Iran, Turkestan, Pamir

References

  1. Afarsia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Data related to Afarsia at Wikispecies


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