TL: Spain, Granada Prov., Sierra de Alfacar (400 - 1400 m.)
Habitat
- Grassy slopes_OK
- Scrub
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishSpanish zephyr blue 
EspañolNiña del Astrágalo 
NederlandsSpaans saffierblauwtje
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Astragalus turolensis
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Plebejus hesperica Rambur, 1839 Plebejus pylaon hespericus Rambur, 1839 Polyommatus hespericus Rambur, 1839
- Kretania hespericus is a member of the clade Kretania pylaon:
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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
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Language Website Authors 
Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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