Aricia anteros

Blue argus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aricia
Species: A. anteros
Binomial name
Aricia anteros
(Freyer, 1838)

Aricia anteros, the blue argus, is a European butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It has a wingspan of 30-34 mm. In Europe it can be found in Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and in Romania. Its primary food plant is geranium.[1][2]

References

  1. Motyle Europy
  2. Aricia anteros at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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