Aricia (genus)
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Aricia is a genus of butterfly
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 Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...

 family.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.
  • anteros group:
    • Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1839) – Blue Argus
    • Aricia bassoni Larsen, 1974
    • Aricia morronensis
      Aricia morronensis
      The Spanish Argus is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Spain.The wingspan is 22-26 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in usually one, but sometimes two generations per year....

      (Ribbe, 1910) – Spanish Argus
    • Aricia vandarbani (Pfeiffer, 1937)

  • argestis group:
    • Aricia agestis ([Schiffermüller], 1775) – Brown Argus
    • Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) – Northern Brown or Scotch Argus
    • Aricia cramera
      Aricia cramera
      The Southern Brown Argus is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa and can be found on from Morocco and Tunisia up to Spain and Portugal, on Mediterranean islands including Menorca and on the Canary Islands.The wingspan ranges to up to 30 mm...

      (Eschscholtz, 1821) – Southern Brown Argus
    • Aricia issekutzi (Balogh, 1956)
    • Aricia montentis Verity, 1928

  • chinensis group:
    • Aricia chinensis (Murray, 1874)

  • eumedon group:
    • Aricia annulata (Elwes, 1906)
    • ?Aricia berezowskii Grum-Grshimailo, 1902
    • Aricia astorica (Evans, 1925)
    • Aricia eumedon (Esper, 1780) – Geranium Argus
    • Aricia kogistana (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888)
    • Aricia lamasem (Oberthür, 1910)
    • Aricia persephatta (Alphéraky, 1881)
    • Aricia privata (Staudinger, 1895)

  • icarioides group:
    • Aricia acmon (Westwood, [1851]) – Acmon Blue
    • Aricia icarioides
      Aricia icarioides
      Boisduval's Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found in North America.A. icarioides has been classified in at least four different genera since it was named by Boisduval in 1852...

      – Boisduval's Blue or Common Blue
    • Aricia lupinus (Boisduval) – Lupine Blue
    • Aricia neurona (Skinner, 1902) – Orange-veined Blue or Veined Blue
    • Aricia saepiolus
      Aricia saepiolus
      The Greenish Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.The wingspan is 21–28 mm...

      (Boisduval, 1852) – Greenish Blue
    • Aricia shasta
      Aricia shasta
      The Shasta Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August....

      (Edwards, 1862) – Shasta Blue

  • nicias group:
    • Aricia dorsumstellae (Graves, 1923)
    • Aricia hyacinthus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847])
    • Aricia isaurica (Staudinger, ?1870)
    • Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1829) – Silvery Argus
    • Aricia teberdina (Sheljuzhko, 1934)
    • Aricia torulensis Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993
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