Aricia anteros
| Blue argus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aricia |
| Species: | A. anteros |
| Binomial name | |
| Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) | |
Aricia anteros, the blue argus, is a European butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It has a wingspan of 30-34 mm. In Europe it can be found in Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and in Romania. Its primary foodplant is Geranium. [1]
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