• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Zephyr Blue
  Español	Niña de Astragalo
  Français	Azuré des astragales
  Nederlands	Saffierblauwtje
  Polski	Modraszek pylaon
  Türkçe	Anadolu Esmergozu
  Русский	Голубянка пилаон
  Українська	Синявець Пилаон
  中文	皮点灰蝶
  ייִדיש	כחליל קליאופטרה

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Lycaena pylaon	Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1832
  Plebejides pylaon	Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1832
  Plebejus pylaon	Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1832

• Kretania pylaon is a member of the clade Kretania pylaon:

• Species	Author
  Kretania allardii	(Oberthür, 1874)
  Kretania beani	Bálint & Johnson, 1997
  Kretania hespericus	(Rambur, 1839)
  Kretania martini	(Allard, 1867)
  Kretania nichollae	(Elwes, 1901)
  Kretania philbyi	(Graves, 1925)
  Kretania pylaon	(Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1832)
  Kretania sephirus	(Frivaldszky, 1835)
  Kretania trappi	(Vérity, 1927)
  Plebejides klausrosei	(Bálint, [1993])
  Plebejides patriarcha	(Bálint, [1992])
  Plebejides usbekus	(Forster, 1939)
  Plebejus zephyrinus	(Christoph, 1884)
  Plebejus (Plebejides) modica	(Vérity, 1935)
  Plebejus (Plebejides) stekolnikovi	Stradomsky & Tikhonov, 2015

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	European Butterfly Page	Guy Padfield
  	Lepidoptera Caucasi	Валентин Тихонов
  	Lepidoptera of Crimea	Владимир Савчук
  	Lepiforum e. V.
  	Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa	Paolo Mazzei

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