- Ahmetia
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Ahmetia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Tribe: Cheritrini Genus: Ahmetia
Özdikmen, 2008Species: A. achaja Binomial name Ahmetia achaja
(Fruhstorfer 1912)Synonyms Genus-level:
- Cowania Eliot, 1973 (non Reinhard, 1952: preoccupied)
Species-level:
- Cowania achaja (Fruhstorfer 1912)
- Horaga achaja Fruhstorfer 1912
Ahmetia achaja is a butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Ahmetia, formerly known as Cowania (which actually refers to a tachina fly genus). It is sometimes assigned to the tribe Horagini, but it is more probably a member of the closely related Cheritrini.
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