Biology:Aricia (butterfly)

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Aricia
Northern brown argus 1.JPG
Northern brown argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Subtribe: Polyommatina
Genus: Aricia
Reichenbach, 1817
Synonyms
  • Gymnomorphia Verity, 1929
  • Pseudoaricia Beuret, 1959
  • Ultraaricia Beuret, 1959
  • Umpria Zhdanko, 1994

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:
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q2798865 entry