Athamanthia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Lycaeninae
Genus: Athamanthia
Species: A. alexandra – A. athamantis – A. balucha – A. churkini – A. dilutior – A. dimorpha – A. eitschbergeri – A. issykkuli – A. japhetica – A. namanganica – A. phoenicura – A. rushanica – A. segetitovi – A. sogdiana – A. transcaucasica – A. zhdankoi
Name

Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983

Type species: Polyommatus athamantis Eversmann, 1854: 180, Pl.1 Figs.3,4
References

Churkin, S.V., 2006: A review of the Athamanthia dimorpha (Staudinger, 1881) species group with the description of two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Helios 7: 43–76. Reference page.
Eversmann, E., 1854. Beiträge zur Lepidopterologie Russlands. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou. 27 (3): 174–205, 1 pl. text, plate. Reference page.
Korb, S.K. 2012. New data on the systematic and distribution of butterflies of Middle Asia with some notes on its faunagenesis (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Eversmannia, 29-30: 8–14. [In Russian]. PDF. Reference page.
Krupitsky, A.V., Plushtch, I.G. & Skrylnik, Yu.Y. 2017. Systematic position of two Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) taxa from the Iranian Plateau. Zootaxa 4232(4): 575–581. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.7. Reference page.
Lukhtanov, V.A. 1993. Eine Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Neolycaena mit den Beschreibungen einer neuen Art und einer neuen Unterart aus Kasachstan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 61–70. PDF. Reference page.
Lukhtanov, V.A. 2000. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Taxa der Athamanthia dimorpha-Gruppe (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 31(1–2): 179–192. PDF. Reference page.
Nekrutenko & Effendi 1983. [A Review of the Blue Butterflies from the Lycaena phoenicurus Group (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae) With a Description of a New Species from Azerbaijan]. Vestnik Zoologii 1983(4): 8-16, ill. [In Russian.] PDF. Reference page.
Zbdanko, A. B., 1983. Key to the lycaenid genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Soviet Union, Based on the male genitalia. Entomological Review 62(1):120-140. [English translation of Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 62(1): 131-153.] Reference page.

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 Mountains), Syr Darya, Dzhungarsky Alatau

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References

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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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)
Lukhtanov, V.A., 1993: Athamanthia eitschbergeri spec. nov., eine neue Art aus Kirghisien (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Atalanta 24 (1-4): 71-74.
Lukhtanov, V.A., 2000: Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Taxa der Athamanthia dimorpha-Gruppe. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 31 (1/2): 179-192.
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.
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.