Turanana taygetica

Turanana taygetica is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Rebel in 1902. It is found in Greece and Turkey.

Turanana taygetica

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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T. taygetica
Binomial name
Turanana taygetica
(Rebel, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena panagaea taygetica Rebel, 1902

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. The ground colour of the upperside of the wings is blue with blackish marginal borders. The underside ground colour is whitish grey. Adult males are often found watering inside the forest zone and near the presumed host-plant.

The larvae probably feed on Acantholimon species.[2]

Subspecies

  • Turanana taygetica taygetica (Greece: Peloponnese)
  • Turanana taygetica endymionoides Coutsis, 2004 (western Asiatic Turkey, Greece: Peloponnese)
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References

  1. 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.
  2. COUTSIS (2005): Revision of the Turana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251-272 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine


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