Turanana cytis

Turanana cytis, the Persian odd-spot blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. It is found in Turkey, the Kopet-Dagh and Iran (the Alborz and Zagros Mountains).[1]

Turanana cytis
In Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Turanana
Species:
T. cytis
Binomial name
Turanana cytis
(Christoph, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena cytis Christoph, 1877

The larvae feed on Acantholimon species.

References

  1. Turanana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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