Kretania is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species Listed alphabetically within groups:
The eurypilus species-group: Kretania csomai (Bálint, 1992) Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, 1852) – eastern brown argus Kretania iranica (Forster, 1938) Kretania psylorita (Freyer, 1845) – Cretan argus Kretania zamotajlovi Shchurov & Lukhtanov, 2001
The pylaon species-group: Kretania allardii (Oberthür, 1874) Kretania beani (Bálint & Johnson, 1997) Kretania hesperica (Rambur, 1840) Kretania klausrosei (Bálint, 1992) Kretania martini (Allard, 1867) – Martin's blue Kretania modica (Verity, 1935) Kretania nicholli (Elwes, 1901) Kretania patriarcha (Bálint, 1992) Kretania philbyi (Graves, 1925) Kretania pylaon (Fischer de Waldheim, 1832) – zephyr blue Kretania sephirus (Frivaldszky, 1835) Kretania stekolnikovi Stradomsky & Tikhonov, 2015 Kretania trappi (Verity, 1927) Kretania usbekus (Forster, 1939) Kretania zephyrinus (Christoph, 1884)
The alcedo species-group: Kretania alcedo (Christoph, 1877)
Taxonomy 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).
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