Aricia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1817.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:
- agestis group:
- Aricia agestis <small>([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)</small> â brown argus
- Aricia artaxerxes <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> â northern brown argus
- Aricia cramera <small>(Eschscholtz, 1821)</small> â southern brown argus
- Aricia montensis <small>Verity, 1928</small>
- anteros group:
- Aricia anteros <small>(Freyer, 1838)</small> â blue argus
- Aricia bassoni <small>Larsen, 1974</small>
- Aricia crassipuncta <small>(Christoph, 1893)</small>
- Aricia morronensis <small>(Ribbe, 1910)</small> â Spanish argus
- Aricia vandarbani <small>(Pfeiffer, 1937)</small>
- chinensis group:
- Aricia chinensis <small>(Murray, 1874)</small>
- nicias group:
- Aricia dorsumstellae <small>(Graves, 1923)</small>
- Aricia hyacinthus <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, [1847])</small>
- Aricia isaurica <small>(Staudinger, 1871)</small>
- Aricia nicias <small>(Meigen, 1829)</small> â silvery argus
- Aricia teberdina <small>(Sheljuzhko, 1934)</small>
- Aricia torulensis <small>Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993</small>
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