Athamanthia is an Eastern Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.[2] Athamanthia is differentiated from Lycaena by characters of the male genitalia.

Athamanthia
Athamanthia dimorpha
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Athamanthia

Zhdanko, 1983[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Zhdanko, A. B. (1983): A key to the Lycaenid genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the USSR, based on the characters of the male genitalia. Rev. Entom. USSR 62:131-152 (in Russian)
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  3. ^ Zhdanko, 1990 [New species and subspecies of the Lycaenidae from Asiatic part of the USSR and North Iran] Ent. Obozr. 69 (1): 134-143 (Russian)
  4. ^ Lukhtanov, V.A., 1993: Athamanthia eitschbergeri spec. nov., eine neue Art aus Kirghisien (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Atalanta 24 (1-4): 71-74.
  5. ^ Lukhtanov, V.A., 2000: Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Taxa der Athamanthia dimorpha-Gruppe. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 31 (1/2): 179-192.
  6. ^ Bozano, G. C. & Weidenhofer, Z. 2001 Guide to the butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Lycaenidae part I: Subfamily Lycaeninae. Guide to the butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Milan: Omnes Artes.
  7. ^ Tuzov, V. K., Bogdanov, P. V., Devyatkin, A. L., Kaabak, L. V., Korolev, V. A., Murzin, V. S., Samodurov, G. D. & Tarasov, E. A. 1997 Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Sofia: Pensoft.