• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Turkmenistan Zephyr Blue
  Türkçe	Türkmenistan Esmergözü
  Русский	Голубянка зефиринус

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Lycaena zephyrinus	Christoph, 1884
  Plebejus pylaon zephyrinus	Christoph, 1884
  Plebejus zephyrinus	Christoph, 1884

• Plebejus zephyrinus 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
  	Lepidoptera Caucasi	Валентин Тихонов
  	Lepiforum e. V.

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