Athamanthia

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

==Species== Athamanthia athamantis (Eversmann, 1854) Turan, Dzhungarsky Alatau Athamanthia rushanica Zhdanko, 1990 western Pamirs, Turan, Gissar Range Athamanthia sogdiana Zhdanko, 1990 southern Turkmenistan (Badhyz State Nature Reserve), southern Gissar Range Athamanthia churkini Zhdanko, 2000 Keke-Meren River, Kirghizia 1650 m Athamanthia phoenicura (Lederer, [1870]) Turkmenia (Kopet Dag), southern Armenia, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan Athamanthia dimorpha (Staudinger, 1881) northern Iran, northern and western Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Saur Mountains, Tarbagatai Mountains, southern Altay Mountains, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, southwestern Mongolia Athamanthia japhetica (Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1983) Azerbaijan Athamanthia issykkuli Zhdanko, 1990 Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-kul) Athamanthia eitschbergeri Lukhtanov, 1993 Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-Kul lake) Athamanthia namanganica Lukhtanov, 2000 Kyrgyzstan (Tschatkal, western Tian Shan) Athamanthia zhdankoi Lukhtanov, 2000 Kyrgyzstan (Sarykamysch Mountains) 1600 m Athamanthia dilutior (Staudinger, 1881) Kyrgyzstan Athamanthia alexandra (Püngeler, 1901) Uzbekistan (Nuratau Mountains), Syr Darya, Dzhungarsky Alatau