Ahmetia

Ahmetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Cheritrini
Genus:	Ahmetia; Özdikmen, 2008
Species:	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 species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Ahmetia,^[1] formerly known as Cowania (which actually refers to a tachina fly genus).^{[citation needed]} It is sometimes assigned to the tribe Horagini, but it is more probably a member of the closely related Cheritrini.^{[citation needed]} It is found in Thailand and Vietnam.^[1]

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