Aricia (butterfly)
| Aricia | |
|---|---|
| Northern brown argus (Aricia artaxerxes) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Subtribe: | Polyommatina |
| Genus: | Reichenbach, 1817 |
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Aricia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1817.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]
- agestis group:
- Aricia agestis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) – brown argus
- Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) – northern brown argus
- Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821) – southern brown argus
- Aricia montensis Verity, 1928
- anteros group:
- Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) – blue argus
- Aricia bassoni Larsen, 1974
- Aricia crassipuncta (Christoph, 1893)
- Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910) – Spanish argus
- Aricia vandarbani (Pfeiffer, 1937)
- chinensis group:
- Aricia chinensis (Murray, 1874)
- nicias group:
- Aricia dorsumstellae (Graves, 1923)
- Aricia hyacinthus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847])
- Aricia isaurica (Staudinger, 1871)
- Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1829) – silvery argus
- Aricia teberdina (Sheljuzhko, 1934)
- Aricia torulensis Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku (January 4, 2019). "Aricia Reichenbach, 1817". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 24, 2020.