Kretania is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1]

Kretania
Kretania sephirus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Kretania
Beuret, 1959
Synonyms

Plebejides Sauter, 1968

Species

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Listed alphabetically within groups:[2]

The eurypilus species-group:

The pylaon species-group:

The alcedo species-group:

Taxonomy

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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).

References

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  1. ^ "Kretania". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Kretania Beuret, 1959". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
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