| Aricia artaxerxes | (Fabricius, 1793) | 
TL: Scotland (3000 m.)
Habitat
- Dry meadows
 - Glades
 - Railway lines and embankments
 - Steppes
 
26-31 mm
- 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
 
- Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes is a member of the clade Aricia agestis:
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Species Author Aricia cramera Eschscholtz, 1821 Aricia (Aricia) agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes issekutzi (Balogh, 1956) Aricia (Aricia) 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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