Athamanthia phoenicura is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1870 and is found in Armenia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
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The wingspan is 26–28 mm. The species inhabits semi-deserts between 300 and 1400 m above sea level. The host plant of the species is Atraphaxis spinosa. The butterfly flies from May to June.[1]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Atraphaxis spinosa.
Subspecies
edit- Athamanthia phoenicura phoenicura (Kopet-Dagh)
- Athamanthia phoenicura transcaucasica (Miller, 1923) (Armenia, Azerbaijan, north-eastern Turkey)
- Athamanthia phoenicura athamantides (Eckweiler & Hagen, 2001)
- Athamanthia phoenicura monalisa (Eckweiler, 2004)
References
edit- ^ Butterfly Conservation Armenia. "Athamanthia phoenicura in Armenia". Butterfly Conservation Armenia. TSE - Towards Sustainable Ecosystems NGO.
External links
edit- "Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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