| Turanana | |
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| Turanana cytis figured in Horae Societatis entomologicae rossicae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Turanana Bethune-Baker, 1916 [1] |
| Synonyms | |
TuraniaBethune-Baker, 1914 (preocc.) | |
Turanana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia.
Lycaena phlaeas, the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family. According to Guppy and Shepard (2001), its specific name phlaeas is said to be derived either from the Greek φλέγω (phlégo), "to burn up", or from the Latin floreo, "to flourish".
The dark green fritillary is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The insect has a wide range in the Palearctic realm - Europe, Morocco, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.
Polyommatus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic realm.
Pseudophilotes vicrama, the eastern baton blue, is a small butterfly found in Asia, east to Tian Shan and parts of China, west to the Balkans, Turkey, eastern Europe to southern Finland. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.
Parnassius apollonius is a member of the snow Apollo genus Parnassius of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. It is found in central and south Kazakhstan, the south Altai, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Tian-Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz, the Pamirs-Alai and west China.
Plebejus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Athamanthia is an Eastern Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Athamanthia is differentiated from Lycaena by characters of the male genitalia.
Eumedonia is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Walter Forster in 1938.
Glabroculus is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Hyponephele davendra, the white-ringed meadowbrown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Iran to Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, the Himalayas, Tibet, and central Asia.
Colias thisoa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the mountains of the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, central Asia, southern Siberia, Turkey and Iran. The habitat consists of humid mountain meadows in the forest belt.
Lachana selenophora is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae. It is found in alpine habitats on the high mountains in Central Asia.
Pieris krueperi, the Krueper's small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula and in Iran, Baluchistan, the Kopet-Dagh and from Asia Minor to Central Asia, as well as in Oman. The habitat consists arid areas with scanty vegetation up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in the mountains.
Chazara heydenreichi is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Hindu Kush and the W. Himalaya across Middle Asia and Kazakhstan to the S. Altai.
Pseudochazara panjshira is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to Kopet-Dagh, the Hindu Kush and Alai. The habitat consists of dry stony slopes at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 3,500 meters.
Eupithecia relaxata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan (Baltistan), Jammu & Kashmir, India, north-western China (Xinjiang) and Mongolia.
Turanana cytis, the Persian odd-spot blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. It is found in Turkey, the Kopet-Dagh and Iran.
Polygonia undina is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae first described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found from Ghissar-Darvaz to the Pamirs-Alai and Tian-Shan in north-western China and the Himalayas.
Polygonia interposita is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Ghissar to the Altai Mountains, north-western China, the Himalayas and Mongolia. The habitat consists of gorges and slopes up to 2,500 meters above sea level.
The Pamir alpine desert and tundra ecoregion covers the high plateau of the Pamir Mountains, at the central meeting of the great mountain ranges of Central Asia: Himalaya, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Kunlun, and Tian Shan. It is a region of relatively high biodiversity due to its central location and high elevation differentials, but it also acts as a barrier between the climate and habitats of north and south Asia.
