Nabokovia

Nabokovia
Nabokovia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Nabokovia
Hemming, 1960
Synonyms

Pseudothecla Nabokov, 1945 (non Strand, 1910: preoccupied)

Nabokovia is a genus of butterflies, named by Arthus Francis Hemming in honour of Vladimir Nabokov, who extensively studied the Polyommatinae subfamily.[1]

Species include:

  • Nabokovia faga (Dognin 1895)[2]

Notes

  1. ^ butterflies
  2. ^ Catalogue of Life : 2007 Annual Checklist : Nabokovia faga Dognin 1895