Plebejus aquilo (Boisduval, 1832)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Plebejus → subgenus Agriades → species Plebejus aquilo
Species name(s)
Plebejus (Agriades) aquilo (Boisduval, 1832) = Agriades glandon aquilo (Boisduval, 1832) = Argus aquilo Boisduval, 1832 = Agriades aquilo. [9, 10]
Arctic Blue.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8457
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Norway (mainland), Russia, Finland, Sweden. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Saxifraga aizoides, Saxifraga oppositifolia. [28].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Text data: Peter Khramov.
References
- [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
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