Aricia (butterfly)

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Aricia
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Northern brown argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Aricia
Reichenbach, 1817
Synonyms
  • GymnomorphiaVerity, 1929
  • PseudoariciaBeuret, 1959
  • UltraariciaBeuret, 1959
  • UmpriaZhdanko, 1994

Aricia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1817.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups: [1]

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<i>Aricia agestis</i> Species of butterfly

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Northern brown argus Species of butterfly

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Cheddar Wood

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Rodney Stoke SSSI

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Twinhills Woods and Meadows

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Tottenham Marshes

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<i>Aricia nicias</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Aricia morronensis</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Aricia anteros</i> Species of butterfly

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (January 4, 2019). "Aricia Reichenbach, 1817". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 24, 2020.