Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Plebejus → subgenus Plebejus → species Plebejus argus

Species name(s)

Plebejus (Plebejus) argus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Plebeius argus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio argus Linnaeus, 1758 = sylvius (Poda, 1761) = Lycaeides argus orientaloides Verity, 1931 = Lycaeides argus altaegidon Verity, 1931 = Lycaena alpina Courvoisier, 1911 = Lycaena aegon plouharnelensis Oberthür, 1910 = Lycaena aegidion Gerhard, 1853 = Papilio alsus Esper, 1790 = Papilio argyrophalara Bergstrasser, 1779 = Papilio argyrotoxus Bergstrasser, 1779 = Papilio argyra Bergstrasser, 1779 = Plebeius juncta Tutt, 1909 = Papilio philonomus Bergstrasser, 1779. [3, 9, 10, 187]

Silver-studded Blue.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 9.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #15. Severo-Uralsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #35. Sredne-Okhotsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #38. Sakhalin; #39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

11—15 mm.

Primary colors

Orange, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

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November

December

Larva lifespan

January

February

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December

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Plebeius argus. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Latvia , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway (mainland)Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia . [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhne-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay,Of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North Urals, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Okhotsk, Mid-Ural, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
The butterfly is widespread in Europe, including England and Sardinia. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

The length of the front wing starts from 1.1 and can reach 1.5 cm. [5].

General info about Imago

Argus prefers areas with sandy soils. [5].

Imago lifespan

From mid-June to mid-August. [5].

General info about Larva

He lives in a symbiotic relationship with ants. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Lyadvenets or harrow, other members of the legume family and heather. [5].

Larva lifespan

From April to June. [5].

Overwintering stage

Egg. [5].

Subspecies of Plebejus argus

Plebejus argus aegiades Gerhard, 1853. [187]
P. a. aegidion Meisn, 1818. [187]
P. a. aegon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775). [9]
P. a. alpiumphilonome Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. altaegidion Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. appenninicola Verity, 1919. [187]
P. a. argellus Turati, 1911. [187]
P. a. argigas Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. argus. [9]
P. a. asur Agenjo, 1966. [9]
P. a. austera Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. bejarensis (Chapman, 1902). [9]
P. a. bella Herrich-Schäffer, 1844. [187]
P. a. bellus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844]). [9]
P. a. branuelasensis (Tutt, 1909). [9]
P. a. brunnea Courvoisier, 1911. [187]
P. a. caernensis Thompson, 1937. [187]
P. a. caerulescens Grum-Grshimailo, 1893. [187]
P. a. calabrica Turati, 1911. [187]
P. a. calmuca Grum-Grshimailo, 1891. [187]
P. a. carinthiaca Courvoisier, 1913. [187]
P. a. casaiacus Chapman, 1907. [9]
P. a. chrysophthalmu Stauder, 1915. [187]
P. a. claralpina Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. claraobscura (Verity, 1931). [9]
P. a. clarasiaticus (Verity, 1931). [9]
P. a. cleomenes (Fruhstorfer, 1910). [9]
P. a. coreanus Tutt, 1909. [9]
P. a. corsica Bell, 1862. [187]
P. a. creataephilonome Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. cretaceus Tutt, 1909. [187]
P. a. fuscescens Lempke, 1955. [187]
P. a. gaillardi Beuret, 1950. [187]
P. a. ganssuensis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891. [187]
P. a. hispanafusca Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. hokiensis Kobayashi, 1932. [187]
P. a. hypochiona Rambur, 1858. [187]
P. a. hypochiona-graeca Tutt, 1969. [187]
P. a. hypochionagraecea (Tutt, 1909). [9]
P. a. hypochionalpina Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. hypochionoides Tutt, 1909. [187]
P. a. iberica Tutt, 1909/9. [187]
P. a. infraobscura Lampke, 1955. [187]
P. a. inornata Courvoisier, 1913. [187]
P. a. italorum Verity, 1919. [187]
P. a. katunica Shtandel, 1960. [187]
P. a. killiassi Christ., 1883. [187]
P. a. korshunovi Shtandel, 1960. [187]
P. a. leodorus Gerhard, 1853. [187]
P. a. lunensis Verity, 1919. [187]
P. a. lydiades Fruhstorfer, 1910. [187]
P. a. magnagraeca Verity, 1936. [187]
P. a. masseyi Tutt, 1909. [187]
P. a. micrargus (Butler, 1878). [9]
P. a. microhypochiona Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. minor Rangnow, 1935. [187]
P. a. montsiai De Sagarra, 1932. [187]
P. a. naruena Courvoisier, 1913. [187]
P. a. nigrescens Courvoisier, 1911. [187]
P. a. nivea Courvoisier, 1911. [187]
P. a. obensis (Forster, 1936). [9]
P. a. orientaloides Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. pallidula Verity, 1924. [187]
P. a. pamira Forster, 1936. [187]
P. a. pamirus (Forster, 1936). [9]
P. a. paraustera Verity, 1946. [187]
P. a. plouharnelensis Oberthür, 1910. [187]
P. a. pseudaegon Butler, 1881. [187]
P. a. pseudohypochiona Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. pseudomasseyi Thompson, 1937. [187]
P. a. pulchraphilonome Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. pulchrina Thompson, 1937. [187]
P. a. pyrenaica Tutt, 1908/9. [187]
P. a. semisuffusa Thompson, 1937. [187]
P. a. seoki Shirozu & Sibitani, 1943. [9]
P. a. sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891. [187]
P. a. sophiana Verity, 1931. [187]
P. a. splendida Thompson, 1937. [187]
P. a. sultana (Forster, 1936). [9]
P. a. tscherkessica Forster, 1936. [187]
P. a. tuscanica Verity, 1919. [187]
P. a. uliginosa Dannehl, 1921. [187]
P. a. vacaresa Ribbe, 1910. [187]
P. a. valmasinii Perlini, 1905. [187]
P. a. veris Verity, 1924. [187]
P. a. vigensis Tutt, 1909. [9]
P. a. vulgaris Meyer-Dür, 1852. [187]
P. a. wolgensis (Forster, 1936). [9]
P. a. zezuensis Seok, 1937. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org