Ahmetia

Ahmetia achaja is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Ahmetia, formerly known as Cowania (which actually refers to a tachina fly genus). It is sometimes assigned to the tribe Horagini, but it is more probably a member of the closely related Cheritrini.

Ahmetia
Ahmetia achaja Fruhstorfer 1912
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Tribe:
Cheritrini
Genus:
Ahmetia

Özdikmen, 2008
Species:
A. achaja
Binomial name
Ahmetia achaja
Synonyms

Genus-level:

  • Cowania Eliot, 1973 (non Reinhard, 1952: preoccupied)

Species-level:

  • Cowania achaja (Fruhstorfer 1912)
  • Horaga achaja Fruhstorfer 1912

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