Turanana endymion

Turanana endymion
	Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Turanana
Species:	T. endymion
Binomial name
	Turanana endymion; (Freyer, 1850)
Synonyms
	Papilio endymion Freyer, 1850; Lycaena panagaea Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]; Actizera panagaea; Glaucopsyche panagaea; Turanana panagea; Lycaena endymion Freyer, 1852; Lycaena panagaea ahasveros Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937;

Turanana endymion, the odd-spot blue or Anatolian odd-spot blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1850. It is found in Turkey, Lebanon and Iran.^[1] Records from Europe refer to Turanana taygetica.

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. The ground colour of the upperside of the wings is blue with blackish marginal borders. The underside ground colour is light grey brown.

The larvae feed on Acantholimon species.

Subspecies

Turanana endymion endymion (eastern Asiatic Turkey, Lebanon)
Turanana endymion ahasveros (Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937) (Iran: Elburz Mountains)

References

↑ COUTSIS (2005): Revision of the Turana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251-272 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine.

Butterflies of Turkey

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[1] COUTSIS (2005): Revision of the Turana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251-272 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine.