Plebejus pylaon
Plebeius pylaon
Kretania pylaon
Additional German names: Zephyr-Bläuling.
Note: The phylogenetic analysis by Talavera et al. (2013) removes this
species from Plebejus and places it in Kretania. However, some of the
nodes in that part of the phylogenetic tree that includes the
relationships between Eumedonia, Agriades, Cyaniris, Aricia, and
Kretania are not statistically supported. Thus, these parts are not
fully resolved and the branching pattern might not reflect the true
relationships. Indeed, the taxon pylaon is morphologically very similar
to other species of Plebejus (e.g. blue color in the male, and brown
female with orange markings), but differs from species of Kretania (e.g.
both sexes brown with orange markings). I therefore retain the taxon
pylaon in Plebejus.
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