Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Lycaeninae
Genus: Athamanthia
Species: A. alexandra –A. athamantis –A. balucha –A. churkini –A. dilutior –A. dimorpha – A. eitschbergeri –A. issykkuli –A. japhetica –A. namanganica –A. phoenicurus –A. rushanica – A. segetitovi –A. simurg –A. sogdiana –A. transcaucasica –A. zhdankoi

Name

Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983

Type species: Polyommatus athamantis Eversmann, 1854: 180, Pl.1 Figs.3,4.

References

• Churkin, S.V., 2006: A review of the Athamanthia dimorpha (Staudinger, 1881) species group with the description of two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Helios 7: 43–76. Reference page. 
• Eversmann, E., 1854. Beiträge zur Lepidopterologie Russlands. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou. 27 (3): 174–205, 1 pl. text, plate. Reference page. 
• Korb, S.K. 2012. New data on the systematic and distribution of butterflies of Middle Asia with some notes on its faunagenesis (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Eversmannia, 29-30: 8–14. [In Russian]. PDF. Reference page. 
• Krupitsky, A.V., Plushtch, I.G. & Skrylnik, Y.E. 2017. Systematic position of two Athamanthia Zhdanko, 1983 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) taxa from the Iranian Plateau. Zootaxa 4232(4): 575–581. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.7. Reference page. 
• Lukhtanov, V.A. 1993. Eine Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Neolycaena mit den Beschreibungen einer neuen Art und einer neuen Unterart aus Kasachstan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 61–70. PDF. Reference page. 
• Lukhtanov, V.A. 2000. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Taxa der Athamanthia dimorpha-Gruppe (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 31(1–2): 179–192. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nekrutenko, Yu.P. & Effendi, R.M.E. 1983. [A Review of the Blue Butterflies from the Lycaena phoenicurus Group (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae) With a Description of a New Species from Azerbaijan]. Vestnik Zoologii 1983(4): 8-16, ill. [In Russian.] PDF. Reference page. 
• Zhdanko, A. B., 1983. Key to the lycaenid genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Soviet Union, Based on the male genitalia. Entomological Review 62(1):120-140. [English translation of Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 62(1): 131-153.] Reference page.