TL: Scotland (3000 m.)
Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Glades
- Railway lines and embankments
- Steppes
26-31 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
ČeskyModrásek pumpavový
DanskSortbrun blåfugl
DeutschGroßer Sonnenröschen-Bläuling
EnglishNorthern Brown Argus
FrançaisArgus de l'Hélianthème
HrvatskiMrki planinski plavac
LatviešuTumšbrūnais zilenītis
LietuviųRudasis melsvys
MagyarBükki szerecsenboglárka
NederlandsVals bruin blauwtje
NorskSankthansblåvinge
PolskiModraszek artakserkses
SlovenčinaModráčik bociannikový
SrpskiTamnik
SuomeksiLehtosinisiipi
SvenskaMidsommarblåvinge
TürkçeÇokgözlü Ormanesmeri
ΕλληνικάΆργος του ηλίανθου
РусскийГолубянка артаксеркс
زبان_فارسیآرگوس قهوهای شمالی
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cistaceae Helianthemum Rockrose Geraniaceae Geranium Crane's-bill Geraniaceae Geranium sanguineum Bloody Crane's-bill
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Hesperia artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793 Plebejus artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793 Aricia allous Geyer, 1836 Aricia inhonora Jachontov, 1909 Lycaena nevadensis Oberthür, 1910 Aricia montensis Vérity, 1928 Aricia macedonica Vérity, 1936
- Subspecies
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Species Author Aricia (A.) artaxerxes allous (Geyer, [1836]) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes hakutozana (Matsumura, 1927) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes horkei Høegh-Guldberg, 1973 Aricia (A.) artaxerxes inhonora Jachontov, 1909 Aricia (A.) artaxerxes issekutzi (Balogh, 1956) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes lepsinskana (Obraztsov, 1935) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes lyngensis Høegh-Guldberg, 1966 Aricia (A.) artaxerxes mandzhuriana (Obraztsov, 1935) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes opheimi Høegh-Guldberg, 1966 Aricia (A.) artaxerxes rambringi Høegh-Guldberg, 1966 Aricia (A.) artaxerxes sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1919) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes sarmatis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes scytissa Nekrutenko, 1985 Aricia (A.) artaxerxes sheljuzhkoi (Obraztsov, 1935) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes strandi (Obraztsov, 1935) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes transalaica (Obraztsov, 1935) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes turgaica (Obraztsov, 1935) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes ukrainica (Obraztsov, 1936) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes vandalica Kaaber & Høegh-Guldberg, 1961
- Aricia (A.) artaxerxes is a member of the clade Aricia agestis:
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Species Author Aricia cramera Eschscholtz, 1821 Aricia (A.) agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) Aricia (A.) artaxerxes issekutzi (Balogh, 1956) Aricia (A.) montensis Vérity, 1928
- Links
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Language Website Authors
British Butterflies Steven Cheshire
Butterfly Conservation Armenia
Lepidoptera of Crimea Владимир Савчук
Lepiforum e. V.
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei
Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger
Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön
Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson
UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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