Habitat
- Alpine meadows
- Tundra
22-28 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
CatalàBlavet de les glaceres 
DeutschDunkler Alpenbläuling 
EnglishGlandon Blue 
EspañolPoco Brillo 
FrançaisAzuré des Soldanelles 
NorskPolarblåvinge 
PolskiModraszek glandon 
SuomeksiTundrasinisiipi 
SvenskaHögnordisk blåvinge
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Ericaceae Vaccinium Bilberry Fabaceae Astragalus alpinus Alpine Milk-vetch Fabaceae Oxytropis campestris Field locoweed Primulaceae Androsace Saxifragacae Saxifraga Saxifrage
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Papilio glandon De Prunner, 1798 Plebejus orbitulus Esper, 1800 Lycaena nevadensis Zullich, 1928
- Agriades glandon is a member of the clade Agriades aquilo:
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Species Author Agriades aquilo (Boisduval, 1832) Agriades cassiope (J. Emmel & T. Emmel, 1998) Agriades diodorus (Bremer, 1861) Agriades franklinii (Curtis, 1835) Agriades glandon (De Prunner, 1798) Agriades podarce (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies of America A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland Butterflies of Canada euroButterflies Matt Rowling European Butterfly Page Guy Padfield Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Noctuidae of North America North American Moth Photographers Group Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson
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