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Turanana taygetica
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Turanana
Species:	T. taygetica
Binomial name
Turanana taygetica (Rebel, 1902)
Synonyms
Lycaena panagaea taygetica Rebel, 1902

Turanana taygetica is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Rebel in 1902. It is found in Greece and Turkey.

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm.

The larvae probably feed on Acantholimon species.

Subspecies

• Turanana taygetica taygetica (Greece: Peloponnese)
• Turanana taygetica endymionoides Coutsis, 2004 (western Asiatic Turkey, Greece: Peloponnese)

References

1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Turanana taygetica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T174239A53713991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T174239A53713991.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. COUTSIS (2005): Revision of the Turana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251-272 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine

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