| Agriades orbitulus | (de Prunner, 1798) |
Habitat
- Alpine meadows
Similar species
25-30 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
DeutschHeller Alpenbläuling
EnglishAlpine blue
FrançaisAzuré de la phaque
NorskFjellblåvinge
PolskiModraszek orbitulus
SuomeksiAlppisinisiipi
SvenskaFjällvickerblåvinge
中文婀灰蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Astragalus alpinus Alpine Milk-vetch
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Albulina orbitulus de Prunner, 1798 Papilio orbitulus de Prunner, 1798 Plebejus orbitulus de Prunner, 1798 Albulina pheretes Hübner, 1805
- Agriades orbitulus is a member of the clade Agriades orbitulus:
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Species Author Agriades amphirrhoe (Oberthür, 1910) Agriades arcaseia (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Agriades artenita (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Agriades asiatica (Elwes, 1882) Agriades lehanus (Moore, 1878) Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798) Agriades pharis (Fawcett, 1903) Agriades shahidulla (Yoshino, 2003)
- Links
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Language Website Authors
Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy
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
Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson
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