Turanana cytis

Turanana cytis
Turanana cytis figured in Horae Societatis entomologicae rossicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Turanana
Species: T. cytis
Binomial name
Turanana cytis
(Christoph, 1877)
Synonyms

Turanana cytis, the Persian odd-spot blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Christoph in 1877. It is found in the Turkey, the Kopet-Dagh and Iran (the Elburs and Zagros Mountains).[1]

The larvae feed on Acantholimon species.

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