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Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)

Имаго  Aricia nicias

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.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8432

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.

Самец  Aricia nicias

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

  • Geranium. [28].

Subspecies of Aricia nicias

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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