Agriades
Encyclopedia
Agriades is a genus of butterfly
in the family Lycaenidae
found in North America
, Europe
, and Asia
.
The aquilo species-group:
The ellisi species-group:
The pyrenaicus species-group:
The sikkima species-group:
Ungrouped:
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups.The aquilo species-group:
- Agriades cassiope Emmel & Emmel, 1998
- Agriades diodorus (Bremer, 1861)
- Agriades franklinii (Curtis, 1835) – High Mountain Blue
- Agriades glandon (Prunner, 1798) – Glandon Blue or Arctic Blue
- Agriades podarce (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
The ellisi species-group:
- Agriades ellisi (Marshall, 1882)
- Agriades errans (Riley, 1927)
- Agriades janigena (Riley, 1923)
- Agriades jaloka (Moore, [1875])
- Agriades kurtjohnsoni Bálint, 1997
- Agriades morsheadi (Evans, 1923)
The pyrenaicus species-group:
- Agriades aegargus (Christoph, 1873)
- Agriades dardanus (Freyer, 1845)
- Agriades forsteri Sakai, 1978
- Agriades pheretiades (Eversmann, 1843)
- Agriades pyrenaicus Boisduval, 1840) – Gavarnie Blue
- Agriades zullichiAgriades zullichiAgriades zullichi is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is endemic to Spain.-References:* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
Hemming, 1933
The sikkima species-group:
- Agriades dis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
- Agriades sikkima (Bath, 1900)
Ungrouped:
- Agriades walterfoster (Koçak, 1996)