| Glaucopsyche argali | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Glaucopsyche |
| Species: | G. argali |
| Binomial name | |
| Glaucopsyche argali | |
Glaucopsyche argali is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Altai) that belongs to the blues family.
L. argali Elw. This species is said to be allied to melanops , but to have the upperside pale silver grey. — Elwes discovered this insect in the Altai. [2]
The larva feeds on Larva on Oxytropis spp.
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Scolitantides orion, the chequered blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Europe, Russia and east across the Palearctic to Japan.
Glaucopsyche, commonly called blues, is a Nearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found mainly in Palearctic Asia. For other species called "blues" see subfamily Polyommatinae and genus Plebejus.
The Lapland ringlet is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is restricted to sunny patches in very damp spruce and pine forests and forested unmanaged peatlands. The larva feeds on various grasses and related plants and winters twice. A dry period in the habitat will result in the decline of the species.
Lasiommata petropolitana, the northern wall brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in large parts of Europe, from the Pyrenees and Alps up to Scandinavia and Finland, east to Russia and Siberia.
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Glaucopsyche alexis, the green-underside blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Glaucopsyche melanops, the black-eyed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the western part of Southern Europe and North Africa.
Polyommatus damon, the Damon blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
The Osiris blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Europe, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, the Alay Mountains, Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau, the Altai Region, the Sayan mountains, Lake Baikal and Mongolia. It is often confused with the small blue, a closely related species.
Melitaea britomartis, or Assmann's fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It has a wide geographic range and is represented by three subspecies.
Boeberia is a genus of satyrine butterflies containing a single species Boeberia parmenio found in the Altai mountains South Siberia, Mongolia, Yakutia, Amur and North east China.
Lycaena violacea is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Euphydryas iduna is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family.
Erebia edda is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the browns family.
Erebia fletcheri is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It resembles Erebia dabanensis but in fletcheri the reddish yellow borders of the ocelli of the forewing are merged on both sides to form a broad russet band. On the hindwing the small ocelli are widely separated from one another. The median band on the underside of the hindwing is dark and somewhat prominent in, while in fletcheri it is of the same dark brown colour as the rest of the wing, so that only the edges of this band are visible as two finely dentate black curved lines. It is found in July between Kurai and Bashkaus.
Kretania zephyrinus is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the blues family.
Polyommatus erotides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the blues family.
Polyommatus damone is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the blues family.
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