Turanana

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Turanana
Species: T. anisophtalma – T. chitrali – T. cytis – T. durranii – T. dushak – T. endymion – T. grumi – T. jurileontyi – T. kotaleshawa – T. kugitangi – T. laspura – T. mystica – T. panaegides – T. taygetica
Name

Turanana Bethune-Baker, 1916: 379.

Type species: Lycaena cytis Christoph, 1877: 234, pl. 5, figs 5,6.
Synonymy

Turania Bethune-Baker, 1914, praeocc. Turania Ragonot, 1890: Lepidoptera, Pyralidae. (Ann. Soc. ent. France (6)10: 449).

References

Bethune-Baker, G.T., 1914. Synonymic notes on the Ruralidae Ent. Rec. 26: 159–164. BHL. Reference page.
Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1916. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 17: 378–385. BHL. Reference page.
Charmeux, J.F. & Desse, J.M. 2011. Deux nouveaux Polyommatini du Tadjikistan : Turanana laspura panjensis ssp. nova et Agriades pheretiades ishkashimensis ssp. nova (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae). Bulletin des Lépidoptéristes Parisiens 20(48): 7–13. Reference page.
Charmeux, J.F. & Pagès, J. 2004. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Turanana du Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Phegea 32(2): 63-69. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Christoph, H.T., 1876-1877. Sammelergebenisse aus Nordpersien, Krasnowodsk in Turkmenien und dem Dhagestan. Horae Societas entomologicae ross. [Moscow] 12: 181–196 (1876); 197-299 (1877), Pls 5-8. BHL1, BHL2, plates. Reference page.
Coutsis, J.G. 1986. Notes concerning the taxonomic status of Turanana panagaea taygetica Rebel (Lep. Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 9(1-2): 35–38. BHL. Reference page.
Coutsis, J.G. 2005. Revision of the Turanana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 27(4): 251–272. BHL. Reference page.
Coutsis, J.G. 2006. Additional revisionary actions and corrections in the Turanana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 29(1/2): 17–25. BHL. Reference page.
Coutsis, J.G. & Tshikolovets, V.V. 2016. A new species of brown Turanana from Afghanistan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini, Glaucopsychiti). Phegea 44(3): 76–79. Reference page.
Morgun, D.V. & Tikhonov, V.V. 2010. Turanana mystica spec. nov. – a new lycaenid from the Great Caucasus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 41(3–4): 331–334. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
ten Hagen, W. 2017. Eine neue Art des Genus: Turanana BETHUNE-BAKER, 1916 aus Afghanistan: Turanana kotaleshawa sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 38(1): 41-43. Reference page.
Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.
Ugelvig, L.V., Vila, R., Pierce, N.E. & Nash, D.R., 2011. A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris–Maculinea clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(1): 237–243. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.05.016 Paywall. Reference page.

Turanana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia.
Species

Turanana anisophthalma (Kollar, [1849]) Kopet-Dagh Mountains, West Pamirs, Iran (Elburs Mountains, Zagros Mountains), Afghanistan (Hindu Kush)
Turanana chitrali Charmeux & Pagès, 2004 Pakistan (Zani Pass)
Turanana cytis (Christoph, 1877)
Turanana dushak Dubatolov, 1989 Kopet-Dagh Mountains
Turanana endymion (Freyer, 1850)
Turanana grumi Forster, 1937 Pamirs, Northeast Hindu Kush
Turanana jurileontyi Shchetkin, 1986 Turkenstansky Mountains
Turanana kugitangi Zhdanko, 1984 Armenia (mountains), Kopet-Dagh Mountains, South Ghissar
Turanana laspura (Evans, 1932) Turkestansky Mountains, Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamirs, Alai, NorthWest Himalaya
Turanana mystica Morgun & Tikhonov, 2010 Daghestan
Turanana panaegides (Staudinger, 1886) Ghissar, West Tian-Shan, Inner Tian-Shan, Alai, Pamirs, Hindu Kush
Turanana taygetica (Rebel, 1902)

References

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Charmeux, J.-F. & J.-M. Desse, 2011: Deux nouveaux Polyommatini du Tadjikistan : Turanana laspura panjensis ssp. nova et Agriades pheretiades ishkashimensis ssp. nova (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae). Les Lépidoptéristes de France 20 (48): 7-13.
Charmeux, J.-F. & J. Pagès, 2004: A new species of the genus Turanana from Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Phegea 32 (2): 63-69. PDF.
Coutsis, J.G., 2005: Revision of the Turanana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251—272. Full Article: [1].
Coutsis, J.G., 2006: Additional revisionary actions and corrections in the Turanana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 29 (1/2): 17—25. Full Article: [2].
Morgun, D.V. & V.V. Tikhonov, 2010: Turanana mystica spec. nov., a new lycaenid from the Great Caucasus. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 41 (3/4): 331-334.