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Kretania is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Species
Listed alphabetically within groups: The eurypilus species-group: • Kretania csomai (Bálint, 1992) • Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, 1852) – eastern brown argus • Kretania iranica (Forster, 1938) • Kretania psylorita (Freyer, 1845) – Cretan argus • Kretania zamotajlovi Shchurov & Lukhtanov, 2001 The pylaon species-group: • Kretania allardii (Oberthür, 1874) • Kretania beani (Bálint & Johnson, 1997) • Kretania hesperica (Rambur, 1840) • Kretania klausrosei (Bálint, 1992) • Kretania martini (Allard, 1867) – Martin's blue • Kretania modica (Verity, 1935) • Kretania nicholli (Elwes, 1901) • Kretania patriarcha (Bálint, 1992) • Kretania philbyi (Graves, 1925) • Kretania pylaon (Fischer de Waldheim, 1832) – zephyr blue • Kretania sephirus (Frivaldszky, 1835) • Kretania stekolnikovi Stradomsky & Tikhonov, 2015 • Kretania trappi (Verity, 1927) • Kretania usbekus (Forster, 1939) • Kretania zephyrinus (Christoph, 1884) The alcedo species-group: • Kretania alcedo (Christoph, 1877) ==Taxonomy==
Taxonomy
Kretania used to be often included in Polyommatus or in Plebejus, but molecular studies have led to reinstate it as a valid genus, now also encompassing species formerly included in Plebejides (i.e. the pylaon species-group), and K. alcedo (formerly in Vacciniina). ==References==
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