Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Aricia → species Aricia nicias
Species name(s)
Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830) = Polyommatus nicias Meigen, 1829 = Argus donzelii Boisduval, 1832 = Pseudoaricia nicias. [9, 10]
Silvery Argus.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny*; #6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky*; #13. Zapadno-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.
* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.
Primary colors
Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Spain, Italy, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden. [1].
- Andorra, Spain (mainland), Russia, Finland, France (mainland), Switzerland, Sweden. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East, the European North-West (?), The European Southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, North Urals, Mid-Volzhsky (?) Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
Larva food plants / other food objects
Subspecies of Aricia nicias
- Pseudoaricia nicias agraphomena Verity, 1946. [187]
- A. n. bittis Fruhstorfer, 1915. [9]
- A. n. borsippa Fruhstorfer, 1915. [9]
- A. n. caerulea Dannehl, 1925. [187]
- A. n. ferenigra Verity, 1943. [187]
- A. n. judithi Gomez Bustillo, 1978. [187]
- A. n. kolosovi Korshunov, 1995. [9]
- A. n. scandicus Wahlgren, 1930. [187]
- A. n. septentrionalis Krulik, 1908. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Paolo Mazzei. 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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