Aricia

Aricia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1817. Species Listed alphabetically within groups: 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