Taxonomy of allied species Plebeius argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, [1779]), P. maracandicus (Erschoff, 1874) and P. caspicus (Forster, 1936) stat. n. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Abstract

An analysis of male genitalia has supported the opinion that to species Plebeius maracandicus (Erschoff, 1874) belong the P. m. transbaicalensis (Kuznetzov, 1970) and P. m. jakuticus (Kuznetzov, 1970). Also the taxonomic status of subspecies P. m. caspicus is changed to the range of species: P. caspicus (Forster, 1936) stat. n.

Keywords

• Plebeius argyrognomon
• P. maracandicus
• P. caspicus