Turanana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the east Palearctic from Greece to Central Asia.

Turanana
Turanana cytis figured in Horae Societatis entomologicae rossicae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Turanana
Bethune-Baker, 1916[1]
Synonyms

Turania Bethune-Baker, 1914 (preocc.)

Species

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References

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  • Charmeux, J.-F. & J.-M. Desse, 2011: Deux nouveaux Polyommatini du Tadjikistan : Turanana laspura panjensis ssp. nova et Agriades pheretiades ishkashimensis ssp. nova (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae). Les Lépidoptéristes de France 20 (48): 7–13.
  • Charmeux, J.-F. & J. Pagès, 2004: A new species of the genus Turanana from Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Phegea 32 (2): 63–69. PDF.
  • Coutsis, J.G., 2005: Revision of the Turanana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 27 (4): 251–272. Full Article: [1].
  • Coutsis, J.G., 2006: Additional revisionary actions and corrections in the Turanana endymion species-group (Lycaenidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 29 (1/2): 17–25. Full Article: [2].
  • Morgun, D.V. & V.V. Tikhonov, 2010: Turanana mystica spec. nov., a new lycaenid from the Great Caucasus. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 41 (3/4): 331–334.
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