Aricia

Aricia Reichenbach, 1817

Aricia Reichenbach, 1817; Jena. allg. Litt.-Ztg. 1: 280; TS: Papilio agestis Denis & Schiffermüller
Gynomorphia Verity, 1929; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 98 (3): 355; TS: Papilio agestis Denis & Schiffermüller
- = Aricia; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 450; [NL4A], 140; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187
Pseudoaricia Beuret, 1959; Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 9 (4): 84; TS: Polyommatus nicias Meigen
- = Subgenus Pseudoaricia (Aricia); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
- = Aricia (pseudaricia); [NEN40], 7
- = Aricia; [NL4A], 140; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 378; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187
Ultraaricia Beuret, 1959; Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 9 (4): 84; TS: Lycaena anteros Freyer
- = Subgenus Ultraaricia (Aricia); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
- = Aricia; [NEN40], 7; [NL4A], 140; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 378; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187
Umpria Zhdanko, 1994; Selevinia 2 (2): 95; TS: Lycaena chinensis Murray
- = Aricia; [NEN40], 7; [NL4A], 140; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 378; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187

Aricia; [CoL] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Aricia (Section Polyommatus); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 450; [NEN40], 7
Aricia (Lycaenidae); [BRU2], 171
Aricia (Polyommatina); Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 152
Aricia (Polyommatinae); [NL4A], 140
Aricia (Polyommatini); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 369; [FE]; [RFEL]
Gynomorphia; [NHM-BMW]
Pseudoaricia; [NEN40]; [NHM-BMW]
Pseudoaricia (Section Polyommatus); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 450
Pseudoaricia (Lycaenidae); [BRU2], 174
Ultraaricia (Section Polyommatus); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 450
Umpria (Lycaenidae); [BRU2], 171

640x597 (~77Kb) Vienna, Austria, 8 May 2000, Photo © Erich Mangl
artaxerces or agestis?

The agestis species-group

Aricia (s. str.)

group Agestis (Aricia); [NEN40], 11

Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Darvaz, W.Pamirs, Kopet-Dagh, Ghissar, Tian-Shan, .... See [maps] Modraszek agestis Morena Serrana Brown Argus Orange-Bordered Argus Rödfläckig blåvinge

Papilio agestis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 184, No. N.13; TL: Vienna
Papilio alexis Scopoli, 1763; Ent. Carniolica: 179 (preocc.)
alexis Rottemburg, 1775; (preocc.)
Papilio medon Hufnagel, 1766; Berlin. Mag. 2: 78 (preocc.)
- = ; [FE]
Papilio astrarche Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 3: pl. 49, f. 7-8
- = ; [FE]
?idas (Lewin, 1795) (Papilio); Pap. Gr. Britain: pl. 39, f. 1-2
graafii Huell, 1855²; Sepp's Nederl. Ins. 7 (2): 2
Lycaena astrarche deleta Cockerell, 1889; Entomologist 22 (311): 99
Polyommatus astrarche ab. quadripuncta Tutt, 1896; Brit. Butts: 180
snelleni Haar, 1904²; Onze Vlinders: 13
Polyommatus astrarche ab. vedrae Harrison, 1905; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 17: 281
Polyommatus astrarche ab. albimacula Harrison, 1905; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 17: 281
Polyommatus astrarche ab. inclara Harrison, 1905; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 17: 281
Polyommatus astrarche ab. albiannulata Harrison, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18: 236
Polyommatus astrarche ab. quadripunctata Harrison, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18: 236
Polyommatus astrarche ab. subquadripunctata Harrison, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18: 236
Polyommatus astrarche ab. semi-allous Harrison, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18: 236
Polyommatus astrarche ab. semi-vedrae Harrison, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18: 236
Polyommatus astrarche ab. brunnescens Harrison, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18: 237
Lycaena medon ab. elongata Courvoisier, 1910; Ent. Zs. 24 (23): 126
Lycaena agestis var. gallica Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 252; TL: Ille-et-Vilaine, Cancale, France
Lycaena agestis ab. impunctata Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 253
Lycaena agestis ab. pallidior Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 253
caeca (Blachier, 1912) (Lycaena); Bull. Soc. Lep. Genève 2: 51
Aricia medon ab. albisignata Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 233
Aricia medon ab. separata Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 234
Aricia medon ab. directa Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 234
Aricia medon ab. intrusa Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 234
Aricia medon ab. caeruleopuncta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 243
Aricia medon ab. similis Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 244
Aricia medon ab. fumata Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 247
Aricia medon ab. nigropuncta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 247
Aricia medon ab. antero-obsoleta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 258
Aricia medon ab. postico-obsoleta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 258
Aricia medon ab. obsoleta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 258
Aricia medon ab. parvipuncta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 258
Aricia medon ab. crassipuncta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 258
Aricia medon ab. glomerata Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 259
Aricia medon ab. discreta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 259
Aricia medon ab. costajuncta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 259
Aricia medon ab. suffusa Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 259
Aricia medon ab. minor Blackie, 1919; Entomologist 52: 234
Aricia medon f. subornata Verity, 1920; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 32: 148
Aricia medon f. infracandica Verity, 1920; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 32: 148
Aricia medon f. infralbens Verity, 1920; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 32: 148
Aricia medon f. infraplumbea Verity, 1920; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 32: 149
Aricia medon f. infracacaotica Verity, 1920; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 32: 149
Aricia medon f. pallidefulva Verity, 1920; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 32: 149
Aricia medon f. subcalida Verity, 1920; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 32: 150
Aricia astrarche ab. cuneata Carter, 1921; Entomologist 54: 249; TL: Blackhall Rocks, Co. Durham
microdes (Cabeau, 1922) (Lycaena); Rev. mens. Soc. ent. Namur. 1922: 54
recessa Carter & Harrison, 1923; Entomologist 56: 106
caeruleoannulata Carter & Harrison, 1923; Entomologist 56: 107
caeruleopuncta Carter & Harrison, 1923; Entomologist 56: 107
Aricia medon montiummagna Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 181
carteri Harrison, 1928; Vasculum 14: 139
garretti Harrison, 1929; Vasculum 15: 17
chrysophanoides Harrison, 1929; Vasculum 15: 147
eos Harrison, 1929; Vasculum 15: 147
icaroides Harrison, 1929; Vasculum 15: 148
czekelii (Diószeghy, 1930) (Lycaena); Verh. sieben. Ver. Nat. 79-80: 216
striata Curtis, 1933; Trans. ent. Soc. S. Engl. 8: 107
Lycaena cramera minusornata ab. ardanazzi Agenjo, 1934; Eos 9 (1-2): 315, pl. 18, f. 7
basialboradia Bright & Leeds, 1938; Monogr. Br. Ab. Chalk-hill Blue: 112
bibasialboradia Bright & Leeds, 1938; Monogr. Br. Ab. Chalk-hill Blue: 112
bipuncta Bright & Leeds, 1938; Monogr. Br. Ab. Chalk-hill Blue: 112
caeruleosignata Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 206
antecalida Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 209
alpiummagna Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 213
postgallica Le Moult, 1947; Misc. Ent. 44: 105
precursoria Beuret, 1951; Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 1 (7): 55
Aricia agestis f. unicolor Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 302
Aricia agestis f. supracuneata Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 303
Aricia agestis f. retrojuncta Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 304
Aricia agestis f. discojuncta Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 304
Aricia agestis f. albolimbata Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 304
pelorion Szabó, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (n.s.) 9: 339
uniformata Peerdeman, 1962; Ent. Ber. 22 (3): 41, 45

Aricia (group agestis) agestis; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Aricia) agestis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia agestis albolimbata; [CoL]
Aricia agestis alpiummagna; [CoL]
Aricia agestis azerbajdzhana; [iNaturalist]
Aricia agestis caeruleosignata; [CoL]
Aricia agestis discojuncta; [CoL]
Aricia agestis gallica; [CoL]
Aricia agestis infracandica; [CoL]
Aricia agestis infracaotica; [CoL]
Aricia agestis infralbens; [CoL]
Aricia agestis infraplumbea; [CoL]
Aricia agestis montiummagna; [CoL]
Aricia agestis pallidefulva; [CoL]
Aricia agestis pelorion; [CoL]
Aricia agestis precursoria; [CoL]
Aricia agestis retrojuncta; [CoL]
Aricia agestis subcalida; [CoL]
Aricia agestis subornata; [CoL]
Aricia agestis supracuneata; [CoL]
Aricia agestis unicolor; [CoL]
Aricia agestis; [H&R], 281; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 9, f. 8; [BRU2]: 172, pl. 69, f. 16-32; [Otakar Kudrna]; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; [FE]; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 76; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF] ; [Mario Maier]
Lycaena astrarche; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 392
Polyommatus astrarche; [BIR], 282
gallica; [NEN46], 32

Misidentified/misapplied:

Cupido agestis; Schrank, 1801, Fauna Boica 2 (1): 214

500x382 (~33Kb) upperside Martin down, Dorset, UK 18/06/95, Photo © Simon Coombes

500x410 (~36Kb) underside Grovely wood, Somerset, UK 31/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes

961x819 (~199Kb) upperside Russia, North Caucasus, Adygea Republic, Maikop, Khanskaya stanitsa, a meadow on the Belaya River right bank. 11th July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

A. a. agestis SEU, CEU

Aricia agestis agestis; [BRU2], 172; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89

A. a. calida (Bellier, 1862) Sicily, Italy, Asia Minor

Lycaena agestis var. calida Bellier, 1862; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (4) 2: 615, pl. 14, f. 6; TL: Corsica
Lycaena agestis var. aestiva Zeller, 1847; Isis von Oken 1847 (2): 155; TL: Aetna

Aricia agestis aestiva; [CoL]
Aricia agestis calida; [CoL]
aestiva; [NEN46], 8

A. a. azerbaidzhana (Obraztsov, 1935) Transcaucasia, Caucaus Major

agestis azerbaidzhana (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 148

Aricia agestis azerbaidzhana; [BRU2], 172

A. a. nazira (Moore, 1865) Darvaz?, W.Pamirs?, NW.Himalayas

Polyommatus nazira Moore, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2): 504, pl. 31, f. 4; TL: Kunawur, NW. Himalayas

Aricia agestis nazira; [BRU2], 172
Cupido nazira; [CoL]
nazira; [NEN46], 46

Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821)

Canary Islands, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal. See [maps] Morena Southern Brown Argus

Lycaena cramera Eschscholtz, 1821; in Kotzebue, Entdeck. Reise Süd-See 3 (App. 5): 217, pl. 10, f. 26a, b; TL: Canary Islands
canariensis Blachier, 1887; Feuille des Jeunes Nat.: 101
- = ; [FE]
Lycaena astrarche ab. ornata Staudinger, 1892; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (2): 280; TL: Tunisia
Lycaena agestis ornata f. lilliputana Oberthür, 1915; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10: 386, 428, pl. 291, f. 2384; TL: Sicily, Sebdou (Algeria)
Lycaena agestis calida f. lilliputana Oberthür, 1915; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10: 428, pl. 291, f. 2385; TL: Sebdou
Lycaena astrarche ab. sebdouica Strand, 1927; Arch. Naturg. 91 A (12): 281 (repl. Lycaena agestis calida f. lilliputana Oberthür, 1915)
Aricia cramera subcramera Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 182
?Aricia cramera f. minusornata Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 182
Aricia cramera pallidecanariensis Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 182; TL: N.Africa
Aricia cramera pallidecramera Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 182; TL: N.Africa
?Aricia cramera f. aridogenita Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 183
Aricia cramera f. subcanariensis Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 183
ardanazi (Dupont, 1934) (Lycaena); Lambillionea 34: 315
heliomedon Bryk, 1940; Arkiv Zool. 32A (22): 23

Aricia (group agestis) cramera; [NEN40], 11
Aricia agestis cramera; [BMAT]: 41, pl. 12, f. 46-51
Aricia cramera aridogenita; [CoL]
Aricia cramera minusornata; [CoL]
Aricia cramera pallidecanariensis; [CoL]
Aricia cramera pallidecramera; [CoL]
Aricia cramera subcanariensis; [CoL]
Aricia cramera subcramera; [CoL]
Aricia cramera; [H&R], 283; [BOW]: pl. 9, f. 8 (text only); Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]

600x434 (~36Kb) upperside Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre

459x500 (~32Kb) Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)

. See [maps] Scotch Argus Modraszek artakserkses Lehtosinisiipi Granatblåvinge Förväxlad blåvinge Northern Brown

Hesperia artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 297; TL: Scotland
paucipuncta (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 144
?Aricia artaxerxes hercynica Kames, 1969; Aricia studies No. 11 (Aarhus Denmark): (107-109)
hercynica Høegh-Guldberg & Jarvis, 1970; natura jutl. 15: 112

Arica agestis artaxerxes; [H&R], 282
Aricia (group agestis) artaxerxes; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia artaxerxes hercynica; [CoL]
Aricia artaxerxes paucipuncta; [CoL]
Aricia artaxerxes salmacis; [iNaturalist]
Aricia artaxerxes; [SPRK]; [EBW]; [MRS], 687; Koçak, 1977, Atalanta 8 (1): 48; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 76; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [SVF] ; [Mario Maier]

500x417 (~40Kb) upperside Gait Barrows, Lancashire, UK 23/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	331x450 (~27Kb) underside Gait Barrows 23/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	500x564 (~31Kb) upperside FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela
500x542 (~32Kb) underside FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela	700x859 (~46Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 26.6.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

A. a. artaxerxes

Aricia artaxerxes artaxerxes; [iNaturalist]

A. a. allous (Geyer, [1834-1836]) Alps, NEU Mountain Argus

Papilio allous Geyer, [1834-1836]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1]: pl. 200, f. 988-992
- = Aricia artaxerxes; [FE]
Lycaena medon var. alpina Staudinger, 1871; Horae Soc. ent. ross. 7 (1870): 52 (preocc.)
Lycaena astrarche f. semiallous Hannemann, 1916; Int. ent. Zs. 10: 8; TL: Strausberg
delphica (Wnukowsky, 1929) (Lycaena); Zool. Anz. 83 (9/10): 221 (repl. alpina Staudinger, 1871)
- = Aricia allous; [BRU2], 173
pseudoallous (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 141
pseudomedon (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 144
unicolor (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 144
Aricia rambringi Høegh-Guldberg, 1966; Natura jutl. 13: [?]
Aricia horkei Høegh-Guldberg, 1966; Natura jutl. 13: [?]
Aricia lyngensis Høegh-Guldberg, 1966; Natura jutl. 13: [?]
Aricia opheimi Høegh-Guldberg, 1966; Natura jutl. 13: [?]

Aricia (group agestis) allous; [NEN40], 11
Aricia agestis delphica; [CoL]
Aricia allous allous; [BRU2], 173
Aricia allous horkei; [BRU2], 173
Aricia allous lyngensis; [BRU2], 173
Aricia allous opheimi; [BRU2], 173
Aricia allous rambringi; [BRU2], 173
Aricia allous; [H&R], 282; [BARU], #384; [EBW], (name); [BOW]: pl. 9, f. 8 (text only); [BRU2]: 173, pl. 69, f. 1-5, pl. 83, f. 40-42; [MBE]
Aricia artaxerxes allous; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Heiner Ziegler]
Aricia artaxerxes horkei; [CoL]
Aricia artaxerxes lyngensis; [CoL]
Aricia artaxerxes opheimi; [CoL]
Aricia artaxerxes rambringi; [CoL]

904x632 (~79Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Moscow area, 17.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov

904x654 (~85Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Moscow area, 17.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov

identification uncertain 591x612 (~106Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 21.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

A. a. sarmatis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) S.Urals

Lycaena astrarche var. sarmatis Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 393; TL: Ural, Sarda

Aricia agestis sarmatis; Bálint, 1992, Linn. Belg. 13 (8): 418; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia allous sarmatis; [NEN46], 57
Aricia artaxerxes sarmatis; [CoL]
sarmatis; [BRU2], 174 (?)

A. a. inhonora Jachontov, 1909 S.Urals

Lycaena inhonora Jachontov, 1909; Revue Russe Ent. 9: 253; TL: "Rossia centrali et orientali"
- = Aricia artaxerxes; [FE]
parvipuncta (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 146
suballous (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 146

Aricia (group agestis) inhonora; [NEN40], 11
Aricia allous inhonora; [BARU](note) , ; [BRU2], 173
Aricia artaxerxes inhonora; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; [CoL]

A. a. sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1919) Sakhalin

Lycaena astrache[sic] var. sachalinensis Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 647

Aricia agestis sachalinensis; [CoL]
Aricia allous sachalinensis; [BARU](note) , ; [BRU2], 173

A. a. hakutozana (Matsumura, 1927) N.Korea

Lycaena hakutozana Matsumura, 1927; Insecta Matsumurana 1 (4): 166, pl. 5, f. 11; TL: Corea

Aricia allous hakutozana; [BRU2], 173
Lycaena hakutozana; [CoL]

A. a. sheljuzhkoi (Obraztsov, 1935) Caucasus Major

Lycaena allous sheljuzhkoi Obraztsov, 1935; Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 148

Aricia allous sheljuzhkoi; [BRU2], 173
Aricia artaxerxes sheljuzhkoi; [CoL]

A. a. turgaica (Obraztsov, 1935) SW.Siberia

artaxerxes turgaica (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 147

Aricia allous turgaica; [BRU2], 173
Aricia artaxerxes turgaica; [CoL]

A. a. lepsinskana (Obraztsov, 1935) Dzhungarsky Alatau?

artaxerxes lepsinskana (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 147

Aricia allous lepsinskana; [BRU2], 173

A. a. transalaica (Obraztsov, 1935) Ghissar, Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Himalayas

artaxerxes transalaica (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 147

Aricia (group agestis) transalica[sic, transalaica]; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Aricia) transalaica; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia allous transalaica; [BRU2], 173
Aricia artaxerxes transalaica; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; [CoL]

A. a. strandi (Obraztsov, 1935) Altai - W.Amur

artaxerxes strandi (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 149
allous monarchus Higgins, 1982

Aricia allous strandi; [BARU](note) , ; [BRU2], 173
Aricia artaxerxes standi; [CoL]
Aricia artaxerxes strandi; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; [RFEL]; [CoL]

400x533 (~64Kb) underside A herb meadow at the northern foot of the Seminskii Pass, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 29th June 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	500x457 (~43Kb) ♂ underside A short-forb meadow in the valley of the Zyryanka Rivulet low flow, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 5th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	400x548 (~35Kb) ♂ underside A detrituous southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank 4 km upstream of the Zhumaly River mouth, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
389x600 (~33Kb) underside A birch grove edge near Irga village, Kemerovo Province. 30th June 2000, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1021x1037 (~255Kb) ♂ underside Russia, West Siberia, the western Altai Mts., Yanbochi valley at the Kyrlyk River headwaters 8 km SE of Kyrlyk village, a mud at a karst spring at a limestone hill foot. 6th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

A. a. mandzhuriana (Obraztsov, 1935) E.Amur, Ussuri

Lycaena mandzhuriana Obraztsov, 1935; Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 148
ussurica (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 149

Aricia allous mandzhuriana; [BARU](note) , ; [BRU2], 173
Aricia artaxerxes mandzhuriana; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; [CoL]

A. a. ukrainica (Obraztsov, 1935) SEEU

artaxerxes ukrainica (Obraztsov, 1935) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 146
Aricia montensis macedonica Verity, 1936; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl.) 48: 7
- = Aricia artaxerxes; [FE]

Aricia allous ukrainica; [BRU2], 173
Aricia montensis macedonica; [CoL]

A. a. issekutzi Balogh, 1956 Carpathians, Balkans, Asia Minor

Aricia allous issekutzi Balogh, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (N.S.) 9: 71; TL: Újhelyi, Romania
issekutsi Balogh, 1957; Acta zool. hung. 3: 2
tornensis Varga, 1960; Folia ent. hung. (n.s.) 13: 448

Aricia (group agestis) issekutzi; [NEN40], 11
Aricia artaxerxes issekutsi; [CoL]
Aricia artaxerxes issekutzi; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; [CoL]
Plebejus montensis issekutzi;
issekutzi; [NEN46], 38

A. a. vandalica Kaaber & Høegh-Guldberg, 1961 W.Europe

artaxerxes vandalica Kaaber & Høegh-Guldberg, 1961; Flora og Fauna 67: 122
brunneopuncta Høegh-Guldberg, 1963; Ent. Medd. 32: 25
flavescens Høegh-Guldberg, 1963; Ent. Medd. 32: 25
panalbolimbata Høegh-Guldberg, 1963; Ent. Medd. 32: 25
panobsoleta Høegh-Guldberg, 1963; Ent. Medd. 32: 25
snelleni Høegh-Guldberg, 1963; Ent. Medd. 32: 25

Aricia allous vandalica; [BRU2], 173
Aricia artaxerxes vandalica; [CoL]

A. a. scythissa Nekrutenko, 1985 Tian-Shan

Aricia scythissa Nekrutenko, 1985; Vestn. zool. 1985 (4): 32; TL: C. Tien-Shan Mts, Terskei-Alatau, Molo river valley, ca. 3200m, Kirghizia

Aricia (group chinensis) scythissa; [NEN40]
Aricia allous scytissa[sic?]; [BRU2]
Aricia artaxerxes scythissa; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; [iNaturalist]

Aricia montensis Verity, 1928

Iberia, Morocco. See [maps]

montana (Rühl, 1895) (Lycaena); Palaearkt. Grossschm. 1: 759
- = Aricia artaxerxes; [FE]
Lycaena agestis nevadensis Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 250; TL: Sierra Nevada, Spain
- = Aricia allous; [BRU2], 173
- = Aricia artaxerxes; [FE]
Aricia medon montensis Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 180 (repl. montana Rühl, 1895); TL: Spain
Aricia medon montanabella Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 180; TL: Spain
Aricia medon semimontensis Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 180; TL: Spain
?Aricia medon montiummagna Verity, 1928; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 33 (11): 181; TL: Spain
heynei (Wnukowsky, 1929) (Lycaena); Zool. Anz. 83 (9/10): 221 (repl. montana Rühl, 1895)
debrosi Beuret, 1960; Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 10 (4): 91

Aricia (group agestis) montensis; [NEN40], 11
Aricia artaxerxes montensis; [BMAT]: 42, pl. 12, f. 39-45
Aricia montensis debrosi; [CoL]
Aricia montensis montanabella; [CoL]
Aricia montensis semimontensis; [CoL]
Aricia montensis; [Otakar Kudrna]; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [FE]; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
nevadensis; [NEN46], 47

The anteros species-group

Ultraaricia

group Anteros (Aricia); [NEN40], 11

Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838)

Balkans, Asia Minor, Levant. See [maps] Blue Argus

Lycaena anteros Freyer, 1838; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 3: 101, pl. 265, f. 1; TL: [Istanbul, Turkey]
?Lycaena anteros var. pupillaris Aigner, 1902; Rovart. Lap. 9 (9): 193 (?)
Lycaena anteros f. altera Züllich, 1929; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 14 (5): 52; TL: Rilogebiet
Aricia anteros f. inanis Verity, 1938; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl.) 50 (8): 5; TL: Mt Olympus
Aricia anteros f. minorata Verity, 1938; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl.) 50 (8): 5; TL: Greece, Olympus, S. Dionisia, 800m
Aricia anteros minoratissima Verity, 1938; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl.) 50 (8): 6; TL: Greece, Olympus, S. Dionisia, 800m
Lycaena anteros ab. asandjurae Silbernagel, 1946; Acta Soc. ent. bohem. 37: 117, 118
Lycaena anteros ab. basipuncta Silbernagel, 1946; Acta Soc. ent. bohem. 37: 117, 118

Aricia (group anteros) anteros; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Ultraaricia) anteros; Nekrutenko, 1980, Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 56; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia anteros altera; Nekrutenko, 1980, Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 59; [iNaturalist]
Aricia anteros; [H&R], 285; [BOW]: pl. 9, f. 9; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
Aricia inanis; [CoL]
Plebeius anteros;
Ultraaricia anteros altera; [CoL]
Ultraaricia anteros inanis; [CoL]
Ultraaricia anteros minorata; [CoL]
Ultraaricia anteros minoratissima; [CoL]
Ultraaricia anteros; [BRU2]: 174, pl. 69, f. 39-40, 46-48; [CoL]
minorata; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 53: 23
minoratissima; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 53: 23

A. a. anteros Transcaucasia, Asia Minor

Aricia (Ultraaricia) orpheus Nekrutenko, 1980; Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 63; TL: SW.Bulgaria, Mts Alibotusch 1600m
- = ; Kolev, 2003, Phegea 31 (4): 161

Aricia anteros anteros; Nekrutenko, 1980, Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 56; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Ultraaricia anteros anteros; [BRU2], 174

A. a. modicior Verity, 1938

Aricia anteros f. modicior Verity, 1938; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl.) 50 (8): 5; TL: Salonika

Aricia mocidior; [CoL]
Ultraaricia anteros modicior; [CoL]

Aricia bassoni Larsen, 1974 Levant

Aricia crassipuncta bassoni Larsen, 1974; The Butterflies of Lebanon: 172; TL: Jabal Quammava, 1800m, Liban
- = Aricia vandarbani; Nekrutenko, 1980, Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 63

Aricia (group anteros) bassoni; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Ultraaricia) crassipuncta bassoni; Koçak, 1979, Atalanta 10 (4): 317
Aricia bassoni; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [iNaturalist]
Aricia crassipuncta bassoni; [CoL]
bassoni; [NEN46], 18

Aricia crassipuncta (Christoph, 1893)

Kurdistan. See [maps]

Lycaena anteros var. crassipuncta Christoph, 1893; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 6 (1): 86; TL: Kasikoparan, Armenia rossicae [Kars Prov., W of Kagyzman, Turkey]

Aricia (group anteros) crassipuncta; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Ultraaricia) crassipuncta; Nekrutenko, 1980, Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 59; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia crassipuncta; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Polyommatus crassipunctus;
Ultraaricaria crassipuncta; [BRU2]: 175, pl. 69, f. 41-45

A. c. crassipuncta E.Turkey, Armenia

Ultraaricaria crassipuncta crassipuncta; [BRU2], 175

A. c. dombaiensis (Alberti, 1969) N.Caucasus

Lycaena anteros dombaiensis Alberti, 1969; Dt. Ent. Zs 16 (1-3): 197, pl. 2, f. 1c; TL: Caucasus

Aricia anteros dombaiensis; Nekrutenko, 1980, Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 58; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; [iNaturalist]
Ultraaricia anteros dombaiensis; [CoL]
Ultraaricia crassipuncta dombaiensis; [BRU2], 175

A. c. varicolor (ten Hagen & Schurian, 2009)

Polyommatus (Aricia) crassipunctus varicolor ten Hagen & Schurian, 2009; Nachr. Ent. Ver. Apollo NF 30 (1/2): 9

Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)

Iberia. See [maps] Spanish Argus Morena Espanola

Lycaena idas morronensis Ribbe, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 23 (2): 190; TL: Spain
Plebeius idas opulenta Verity, 1927; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 96: 7
Plebeius idas latolimbo Verity, 1927; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 96: 7
Plebeius idas magnalpina Verity, 1927; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 96: 10
Plebeius idas ultima Verity, 1927; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 96: 13
Aricia idas ordesae de Sagarra, 1930; Butll. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 10 (7): 117
Plebeius ramburi navarredondae Wyatt, 1952; Zs. Wiender ent. Ges. 37: 206
Plebeius ramburi elsae Wyatt, 1952; Zs. Wiender ent. Ges. 37: 206
ordesana Blom, 1969; Ent. Ber. Amst. 29: 133
Aricia morronensis carmenensis Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973; Atalanta 4 (6): 395; TL: Spain, Pontedo, Los Pontedos, 1160m

Aricia (group anteros) morronensis; [NEN40], 11
Aricia morronensis arida; [CoL]
Aricia morronensis bellieroides; [CoL]
Aricia morronensis carmenensis; [CoL]
Aricia morronensis elsae; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 375 (note); [CoL]
Aricia morronensis magnalpina; [CoL]
Aricia morronensis navarredondae; Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973, Atalanta 4 (6): 396 (list); [CoL]
Aricia morronensis opulenta; [CoL]
Aricia morronensis ordesae; Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973, Atalanta 4 (6): 396 (list); [CoL]
Aricia morronensis ordesana; [CoL]
Aricia morronensis ultima; [CoL]
Aricia morronensis; [H&R], 284; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
Lycaeides idas ultima; [CoL]

A. m. morronensis

Aricia morronensis sierramariensis Munguira & Martin, 1988
- = ; Gil-T., 2009, Atalanta 40 (1/2): 194

Aricia morronensis morronensis; Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973, Atalanta 4 (6): 396 (list)

A. m. chapmani (Ribbe, 1910)

Lycaena idas chapmani Ribbe, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 23 (2): 192

Aricia morronensis chapmani; Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973, Atalanta 4 (6): 396 (list); [CoL]

A. m. ramburi (Verity, 1913)

Lycaena idas Rambur, 1840; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 266, 2 (4): pl. 10, f. 5 (preocc. Papilio idas Linnaeus, 1761)
- = Aricia morronensis; [FE]
Lycaena ramburi Verity, 1913; J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 32 (215): 189 (repl. Lycaena idas Rambur, 1840)
- = Aricia morronensis; [FE]

Aricia morronensis ramburi; Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973, Atalanta 4 (6): 396 (list); Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 375 (note)

A. m. hesselbarthi Manley, 1970

morronensis hesselbarthi Manley, 1970; Field Guide Butts & Burnets Spain: 95, pl. 31, f. 49, pl. 32, f. 1-3
- = Aricia morronensis; [FE]

Aricia morronensis hesselbarthi; Eitschberger & Steiniger, 1973, Atalanta 4 (6): 396 (list); [CoL]

Aricia vandarbani (Pfeiffer, 1937)

N.Iran, Talysh Mts.. See [maps]

Lycaena hyacinthus vandarbani Pfeiffer, 1937; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 27 (1): 35; TL: Elbursgebirge, Gruppe Tacht i Suleiman, Hochtal Vandarban [Elburs Mts., N.Iran]

Aricia (group anteros) vandarbani; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Ultraaricia) vandarbani; Nekrutenko, 1980, Nota lepid. 3 (1-2): 62; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia vandarbani; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [LEPIFORUM]
Lycaena hyacinthus vandarbani; [CoL]
Lycaena hyacinthus vanderbani; [CoL]
Ultraaricaria vandarbani; [BRU2]: 175, pl. 69, f. 49-54

The chinensis species-group

Umpria

group Chinensis (Aricia); [NEN40], 11

Aricia chinensis (Murray, 1874)

C.Asia (mountains), Mongolia, W.China, C.China, NE.China, Korea. See [maps]

Lycaena chinensis Murray, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22 (4): 523; TL: China, N. of Peking

Aricia (group chinensis) chinensis; [NEN40], 11
Aricia (Aricia) chinensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia chinensis; [BARU], #385; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 76; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [RFEL]; [iNaturalist]
Lycaena chinensis; [CoL]
Umpria chinensis; [BRU2]: 171, pl. 69, f. 33-38

600x800 (~65Kb) ♂ underside A bluff of the Onon River right bank 10 km upstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

600x800 (~67Kb) ♂ underside A bluff of the Onon River right bank 10 km upstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

A. c. chinensis Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, NE.China

Lycaena astrarche var. mandschurica Staudinger, 1892; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6: 161
- = Umpria chinensis chinensis; [BRU2], 171

Aricia (group agestis) mandschurica; [NEN40], 11
Aricia chinensis chinensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; [iNaturalist]
Aricia mandschurica; [MRS], 687
Umpria chinensis chinensis; [BRU2], 171

A. c. sibiricana (Kozhanchikov, 1928) S.Siberia (W of Baikal)

?Lycaena sibiricanus Kozhanchikov, 1936; Folia zool. hydrobiol. 9 (1): 23

Aricia chinensis sibiricana; [BARU](note) ,
Lycaena chinensis sibiricanus; [CoL]
Umpria chinensis sibiricana; [BRU2], 171

A. c. myrmecias (Christoph, 1877) Turan

Lycaena myrmecias Christoph, 1877; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 12 (3): 235, (4): pl. 5, f. 7; TL: Krasnawodsk

Aricia (group chinensis) myrmecias; [NEN40], 11
Aricia chinensis myrmecias; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; [iNaturalist]
Lycaena myrmecias; [CoL]
Umpria chinensis myrmecias; [BRU2], 171
myrmecias; [NEN46], 45

The nicias species-group

Pseudoaricia

group Nicias (Aricia); [NEN40], 12

Aricia dorsumstellae (Graves, 1923) Elburs regions

Polyommatus candalus dorsumstellae Graves, 1923; Entomologist 56: 156; TL: Cedar Mtns, 8000-10000ft, Lebanon

Aricia (group nicias) dorsumstellae; [NEN40]
Plebejus isaurica dorsumstellae;
Polyommatus (Aricia) isauricus dorsumstellae; Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993, Phegea 21 (2): 52, pl. 1, f. 9, 25
Polyommatus isaurica dorsumstellae; [CoL]
dorsumstellae; [NEN46], 26

Aricia hyacinthus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847])

Asia Minor, Levant. See [maps]

Lycaena hyacinthus Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (26): (ii) f. 345-348
Lycaena hyacinthus Frivaldsky, [1852]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (55): 29
?ornata (Schwingenschuss, 1938) (Lycaena); Ent. Rdsch. 55: 146
Polyommatus (Aricia) hyacinthus guelayae Schurian & Rose, 1991; Linn. Belgica 13 (2): (80-93)
Polyommatus (Aricia) hyacinthus silvestris Rose, Schurian & Eckweiler, 1992; Linn. Belgica 13 (6): (341-346)

Aricia (group nicias) hyacinthus; [NEN40], 12
Aricia hyacinthus; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Lycaena hyacinthus; [CoL]
Polyommatus (Aricia) hyacinthus guelayae; Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993, Phegea 21 (2): 52, pl. 1, f. 4, 20
Polyommatus (Aricia) hyacinthus silvestris; Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993, Phegea 21 (2): 52, pl. 1, f. 8, 24
Polyommatus (Aricia) hyacinthus; Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993, Phegea 21 (2): 48 (note)

Aricia isaurica (Staudinger, 1871) Kurdistan, Levant

Lycaena isaurica Staudinger, 1871; Berl. Ent. Z. 14 (3/4): 327
Lycaena isaurica f. ♂ latimargo Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10): 291

Aricia (group nicias) isaurica; [NEN40], 12
Aricia isaurica; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187
Polyommatus isaurica latimargo; [CoL]
Polyommatus isaurica; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Aricia torulensis (Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993) Kurdistan

Polyommatus (Aricia) torulensis Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993; Phegea 21 (2): 48; TL: Turkey, Gümüshane, nr Demirkaynak, 1100-1150m

Aricia (group nicias) torulensis; [NEN40], 13
Aricia torulensis; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [iNaturalist]
Polyommatus torulensis; [LEPIFORUM]

Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1829)

Pyrenees, Alps, Scandinavia, S.Siberia (mountains), N.Mongolia. See [maps] Borde Amplio Huhtasinisiipi Silvery Argus Turkosblåvinge

Polyommatus nicias Meigen, 1829; Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 2: 10, pl. 45, f. 3A-B; TL: Rherian Alps
Argus donzelii Boisduval, 1832; Icon. hist. Lépid. Europe 1 (7-8): 64, pl. 15, f. 1-3; TL: Briançon
- = ; [FE]
carteri Harrison, 1929; Vasculum 15: 40

Aricia (group nicias) nicias; [NEN40], 12
Aricia (Pseudoaricia) nicias; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia nicias; [H&R]; [BARU], #386; [BOW]: pl. 9, f. 10; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]; Sañudo-Restrepo, Dinca, Talavera & Vila, 2013, Molec. Phyl. Evol. 66: 377; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]
Plebejus nicias; [SPRK]
Pseudoaricia nicias; [SPL], #0048; [BMAT]: 106 (at Oukaimeden by Toulgoet 1966); [BRU2]: 174, pl. 69, f. 55-60; [CoL] ; [SZMN]
donzelii; [NEN46], 26

600x679 (~40Kb) ♀ upperside Finland, Sotkamo, Pihlajapuro 711:54, 20.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	550x652 (~49Kb) ♂ Finland, Sotkamo, Lontanniemi 712:54, 22.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	500x567 (~35Kb) ♂ upperside Finland, Sotkamo, Kontinjoki 711:54, 21.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen
500x420 (~27Kb) underside Finland, Sotkamo, Kontinjoki 711:54, 23.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	600x684 (~39Kb) ♂ upperside FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela	780x617 (~60Kb) ♂ underside FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela
400x439 (~26Kb)

A. n. nicias

Aricia nicias nicias; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89; [iNaturalist]

A. n. bittis Fruhstorfer, 1915 S.Urals, Altai, Sayan

Lycaena donzeli bittis Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (13): 73; TL: Altai

Aricia nicias bittis; [BARU](note) , ; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Pseudoaricia nicias bittis; [BRU2], 174; [CoL]

A. n. borsippa Fruhstorfer, 1915 Transbaikalia

Lycaena pheretiades borsippa Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (13): 73; TL: Kentei
- = Aricia nicias bittis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89

Aricia borsippa; [iNaturalist]
Aricia nicias borsippa; [BARU](note) , ; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 76; [iNaturalist]
Pseudoaricia nicias borsippa; [BRU2], 174; [CoL]

A. n. caerulea (Dannehl, 1925) S.Tyrol

nicias caerulea (Dannehl, 1925) (Lycaena); Ent. Zs. 39 (19): 76

Pseudoaricia nicias caerulea; [CoL]

A. n. scandicus Wahlgren, 1930 Sweden

nicias scandicus Wahlgren, 1930; Svensk Insektfauna 10 (1) 1: 67

Pseudoaricia nicias scandicus; [CoL]

A. n. agraphomena Verity, 1946 Italy

nicias agraphomena Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 215

Pseudoaricia nicias agraphomena; [CoL]

A. n. ferenigra Verity, 1946 Italy

nicias ferenigra Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 216 (repl. obscura Courvoisier, 1911)
Lycaena f. obscura Courvoisier, 1911; Ent. Zs. 24 (23): 126

Pseudoaricia nicias ferenigra; [CoL]

A. n. judithi (Gómez Bustillo, 1978) Spain

nicias judithi (Gómez Bustillo, 1978) (Pseudoaricia); Treballs Soc. catal. Lepid. 1: 21

Pseudoaricia nicias judithi; [CoL]

A. n. kolosovi Korshunov, 1995 Urals, W.Siberia

Aricia nicias kolosovi Korshunov, 1995; 179 (repl. Lycaena nicias var. septentrionalis Krulikowsky, 1908)
Lycaena donzeli var. septentrionalis Krulikowsky, 1908; Soc. Ent. 23 (2): 11 (preocc. Lycaena icarus septentrionalis Fuchs, 1900); TL: Wiatka; Kasan
- = ; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
septentrionalis Seitz, [1909]; (preocc.)

Aricia nicias kolosovi; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia nicias septentrionalis; [BARU](note) ,
Pseudoaricia nicias kolosovi; [BRU2], 174; [SZMN]
Pseudoaricia nicias septentrionalis; [CoL]

Aricia teberdina (Sheljuzhko, 1934)

Caucasus. See [maps]

Lycaena teberdina Sheljuzhko, 1934; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 19 (Schluß): 39 (Tshetv. i.l.); TL: Chatipara-Berg, 2200-2300m [Mt. Khatipara, Caucasus Major]

Aricia (group nicias) teberdina; [NEN40], 13
Aricia (Pseudoaricia) teberdina; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 89
Aricia teberdina; [BRU2]: 174, pl. 68, f. 69-71; Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013, Cladistics 29: 187; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Polyommatus teberdinus;

A. t. nahizerica Eckweiler, 1978 Turkey

teberdina nahizerica Eckweiler, 1978; Note divulg. Ins. ent. agrar. Univ. Napoli Portici 1 (3): 115

Aricia teberdina nahizerica; [CoL]
Aricia teberdina nahizericus; [BRU2], 174
Polyommatus (Aricia) teberdinus nahizericus; Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993, Phegea 21 (2): 48 (note)

Lycaena artaxerxes var. salmucis Gerhard, 1851; Versuch Mon. europ. Schmett. (7): 15, pl. 25, f. 4a-c

marcui Vicol, 1977; Bull. Soc. ent. Mulhouse 33 (1977): 55

Aricia marcui; [CoL]

myrrhina (Staudinger, 1901) (Lycaena); Cat. Lep. palaearct. Faunengeb. 1: 8

albicans Aurivillius; 13

Aricia artaxerxes albicans; [CoL]

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[CEB]
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin; issues (PDF)
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
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[D. Smirnov]
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[EVERSMANNIA]
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[Erich Mangl]
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[FE] Fauna Europaea
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[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
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[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
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[LEPIFORUM]
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[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[Mario Maier]
Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
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[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[PERSEE]
Annales de la Société linnéenne de Lyon; Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon; Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon; Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
[Pertti Pakkanen]
e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[SZMN] Lepidoptera
Siberian Zoological Museum
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[Tero Piirainen] Tampere, Finland
e-mail: Tero Piirainen
[VZOOL]
; Vestnik zoologii; TOCS
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
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[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[²] This may require parentheses or not (original genus not verified)

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Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, 1843 (-1855), Die Tagfalter Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (9): Title ("1843"), (1): [1-3], 4-16, (ii) pl. 1-5, f. 1-29 (1843), (2): 17-40, (ii) pl. 29-34, f. 131-156 (1843), (3): 41-56, (ii) pl. 6-12, f. 30-60, pl. 35-36, f. 157-164 (1844), (4): 57-80, (ii) pl. 13-22, f. 61-107 (1844), (5): 81-90, (ii) pl. 23-28, f. 108-130, pl. 37-41, f. 165-189 (1844), (6): 91-98, (ii) pl. 42-44, f. 190-203 (1844), (7): 99-114, (ii) pl. 45-52, f. 204-248 (1844), (9): 115-122 (1844), (10): 123-146, (ii) pl. 53-57, f. 249-274 (1845), (11): 147-162 (1845), (12): (iii) pl. 1-3, f. 1-17 (1845), (13): 163-164, (ii) pl. 58-65, f. 275-315 (1846), (14): (ii) pl. 66-70, f. 316-338, (iii) pl. 4-5, f. 18-30 (1846), (26): (ii) pl. 71-77, f. 339-376 (1847), (32): (ii) pl. 78-82, f. 377-400 (1848), (36): (ii) pl. 83-89, f. 401-426, (iii) pl. 6, f. 31-36 (1848), (37): (ii) pl. 90-91, f. 427-437 (1849), (43): (ii) pl. 92-94, f. 438-450, 452-453 (1850), (45): (ii) pl. 95-102, f. 453-489 (1850), (47): (ii) pl. 103, f. 490-495 (1851), (49): (ii) pl. 104-109, f. 496-528 (1851), (51): (ii) pl. 110-118, f. 529-570 (1851), (54): (ii) pl. 119-123, f. 571-596 (1852), (56): (ii) pl. 124-127, f. 597-618, pl. 130-132, f. 628-639, pl. 134, f. 646-651 (1852), (59): (ii) pl. 128-129, f. 619-627, pl. 133, f. 640-645 (1853), (65): (iii) pl. 7, f. 37-42, (index) [1], 2-20 (1854), (66): (index) 21-24 (1855)
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Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993
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A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Geyer, [1834-1836]
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[Observation sur les Lépidoptères-Rhopalocères de la Russie centrale] Revue Russe Ent. 9 : 249-254 (russian)
Kames, 1969
A. artaxerxes ssp. nov. hercynica Aricia studies No. 11 (Aarhus Denmark): 107-119
Koçak, 1977
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The Papilios of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved and painted from nature, with the natural history of each species Pap. Gr. Britain : 1-97, pl. 1-46
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Butterflies of the World
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A Field Guide to the Butterflies and Burnets of Spain: 192pp, 40pls Field Guide Butts & Burnets Spain : 1-192, pl. 1-40
Matsumura, 1919
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Matsumura, 1927
A list of the butterflies of Corea, with description of new species, subspecies and aberrations Insecta Matsumurana 1 (4) : 159-170
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Systematische Beschreibung der europäischen Schmetterlinge; mit Abbildungen auf Steintafeln Syst. Beschr. eur. Schmett. 2 : 1-212, pl. 43-80
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