Praephilotes anthracias

Praephilotes anthracias

"Praephilotes anthracias" is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. It is known from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, western China.
Praephilotes anthracias An extremely rare butterfly in Iran Insecta,Lycaenidae,Praephilotes anthracias,butterflies,butterflies of Iran

Distribution

The most northern locality is known from Lake Elton neighborhoods. Also known from the south of Russia - Astrakhan region, where the species was first discovered only in 1999. Now there are several populations of sandy massifs Bolhuny and Batpaysagyr. In the western part of the desert Batpaysagyr species occurs in many localities: Dosanga, Aksaraiskaya, Komsomolsk, etc. can be usually in habitats.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusPraephilotes
SpeciesP. anthracias
Photographed in
Iran