Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) = Lycaena anteros Freyer, 1839 = Aricia anteros minoratissima Verity, 1938 = Plebeius anteros = Ultraaricia anteros. [9, 10]

Blue Argus.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Primary colors

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

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (mainland), Macedonia, Romania, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Croatia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian, West Caucasian. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Geranium. [28].

Subspecies of Aricia anteros

Ultraaricia anteros altera Züllich, 1929. [187]
A. a. anteros. [9]
A. a. dombaiensis Alberti, 1969. [187]
A. a. inanis Verity, 1938. [187]
A. a. minorata Verity, 1938. [187]
A. a. minoratissima Verity, 1938. [187]
A. a. modicior Verity, 1938. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vladimir Deryabin, Boris Stradomsky.

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
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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23.06.2009 20:45, Boris Stradomsky

Description. Length of front wing 12-17 mm. The male on top of the wings of blue, shiny, with an edge dimming width of about 2 mm; the female brown with orange marginal wells. Bottom wings pale gray-brown. Drawing a contrast underside of the wings, between the fourth and fifth spots postdiskalnogo number has a white field.Fringe colorful wings.
The length of the valve is 1.5-1.7 mm. Uncus blade on the dorsal side has a large kogteobrazny process.
Biology. Mesophytic mixed grass meadows. In the mountains up to 3000 m. Years of adults: June-August. Forage plants caterpillars: Geranium spp.
Subspecies. In the Caucasus: P. anteros dombaiensis (Alberti, 1969).
Related and similar species. Species of the genus Polyommatus, A.nicias: uncus blade does not have a large kogteobraznogo process.