Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Aricia | |
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Similar Polyommatus admetus, Carcharodus orientalis, Tarucus balkanicus, Spialia orbifer, Polyommatus coelestina | ||
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, Romania, Ukraine and in Turkey. Its primary food plant is geranium.
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