Greater large blue

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Greater large blue
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'Phengaris arionides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Phengaris
Species:
P. arionides
Binomial name
Phengaris arionides
(Staudinger, 1887)
Synonyms

Maculinea arionides(Staudinger, 1887)

The greater large blue (Phengaris arionides) is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

It is found in Northeast China, Japan, and the Russian Far East.

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