Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821) = Lycaena cramera Eschscholtz, 1821 = Aricia cramera pallidecanariensis Verity, 1928 = Aricia cramera pallidecramera Verity, 1928 = Aricia agestis cramera. [9, 10]

Southern Brown Argus.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Spain, Portugal, Sardinia. [1].
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Spain (mainland), Canary Islands, Portugal (mainland), Sardinia. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Erodium, Helianthemum, Geranium. [28].

Subspecies of Aricia cramera

Aricia cramera aridogenita Verity, 1928. [187]
A. c. minusornata Verity, 1928. [187]
A. c. subcanariensis Verity, 1928. [187]
A. c. subcramera Verity, 1928. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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
[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