Chrysophanus phoenicurus (Zhdanko, 2000)

Krupitsky, Anatoly V., 2017, Taxonomic status of Chrysophanus phoenicurus transcaucasicus Miller, 1923 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), with the designation of a neotype, Zootaxa 4350 (3) : -

Key to species of the A. phoenicurus group

1. Violaceous area on male wings upperside narrow (2/3 of wing or less), ground colour of underside grey, with contrasting whitish postdiscal band. Eastern Armenian Highland....................................................................................................... A. transcaucasica

- Violaceous area on male wings upperside wider (more than 2/3 of wing), ground colour of underside light grey or yellowish..... 2

2. Inner black strokes of submarginal orange band of wings underside well developed on both wings, ground colour of underside light grey. Valva narrowed with indented apex and small inner fold, aedeagus slightly curved. Northern and northeastern Iranian Plateau ...................................................................................................................................................................... A. phoenicurus

- Inner black strokes of submarginal orange band of wings underside well developed on both wings, ground colour of underside yellowish. Valva widened with rounded apex and large inner fold, aedeagus strongly curved, crescent-shaped. Central and eastern Iranian Plateau ................................................................................................................................................................... A. balucha