Persian odd-spot blue

Turanana cytis

''Turanana cytis'', the Persian odd-spot blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. It is found in the Turkey, the Kopet-Dagh and Iran.
Mating pair of Turanana cytis , the Persian odd-spot blue on Onobrychis cornuta flower Alborz,Geotagged,Iran,Onobrychis cornuta,Turanana,Turanana cytis,butterflies,butterflies of,butterfly,insecta,insects,lepidoptera,lycaenidae,the Persian odd-spot blue

Food

The larvae feed on ''Acantholimon'' species.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusTuranana
SpeciesT. cytis
Photographed in
Iran