Kretania | |
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Kretania sephirus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Kretania Beuret, 1959 |
Synonyms | |
Plebejides Sauter, 1968 |
Kretania is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1]
Listed alphabetically within groups:[2]
The eurypilus species-group:
The pylaon species-group:
The alcedo species-group:
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).