Athamanthia

Athamanthia
Athamanthia dimorpha figures 7a and b
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983 [1]

Athamanthia is an Eastern Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.^[2] Athamanthia is differentiated from Lycaena by characters of the male genitalia.

Species

• Athamanthia athamantis (Eversmann, 1854) Turan, Dzhungarsky Alatau
• Athamanthia rushanica Zhdanko, 1990 western Pamirs, Turan, Gissar Range
• Athamanthia sogdiana Zhdanko, 1990 southern Turkmenistan (Badhyz State Nature Reserve), southern Gissar Range
• Athamanthia churkini Zhdanko, 2000 Keke-Meren River, Kirghizia 1650 m
• Athamanthia phoenicura (Lederer, [1870]) Turkmenia (Kopet Dag), southern Armenia, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Athamanthia dimorpha (Staudinger, 1881) northern Iran, northern and western Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Saur Mountains, Tarbagatai Mountains, southern Altay Mountains, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, southwestern Mongolia
• Athamanthia japhetica (Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1983) Azerbaijan
• Athamanthia issykkuli Zhdanko, 1990 Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-kul)
• Athamanthia eitschbergeri Lukhtanov, 1993 Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-Kul lake)
• Athamanthia namanganica Lukhtanov, 2000 Kyrgyzstan (Tschatkal, western Tian Shan)
• Athamanthia zhdankoi Lukhtanov, 2000 Kyrgyzstan (Sarykamysch Mountains) 1600 m
• Athamanthia dilutior (Staudinger, 1881) Kyrgyzstan
• Athamanthia alexandra (Püngeler, 1901) Uzbekistan (Nuratau), Syr Darya, Dzhungarsky Alatau

^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Zhdanko,A. B. (1983): A key to the Lycaenid genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the USSR, based on the characters of the male genitalia. Rev. Entom. USSR 62:131-152 (in Russian)
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3. Zhdanko, 1990 [New species and subspecies of the Lycaenidae from Asiatic part of the USSR and North Iran] Ent. Obozr. 69 (1): 134-143 (Russian)
4. Lukhtanov, V.A., 1993: Athamanthia eitschbergeri spec. nov., eine neue Art aus Kirghisien (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Atalanta 24 (1-4): 71-74.
5. Lukhtanov, V.A., 2000: Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Taxa der Athamanthia dimorpha-Gruppe. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 31 (1/2): 179-192.
6. Bozano, G. C. & Weidenhofer, Z. 2001 Guide to the butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Lycaenidae part I: Subfamily Lycaeninae. Guide to the butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Milan: Omnes Artes.
7. Tuzov, V. K., Bogdanov, P. V., Devyatkin, A. L., Kaabak, L. V., Korolev, V. A., Murzin, V. S., Samodurov, G. D. & Tarasov, E. A. 1997 Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Sofia: Pensoft.