Aricia (butterfly)

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 ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) – brown argus
 * Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) – northern brown argus
 * Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821) – southern brown argus
 * Aricia montensis Verity, 1928
 * anteros group:
 * Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) – blue argus
 * Aricia bassoni Larsen, 1974
 * Aricia crassipuncta (Christoph, 1893)
 * Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910) – Spanish argus
 * Aricia vandarbani (Pfeiffer, 1937)
 * chinensis group:
 * Aricia chinensis (Murray, 1874)
 * nicias group:
 * Aricia dorsumstellae (Graves, 1923)
 * Aricia hyacinthus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847])
 * Aricia isaurica (Staudinger, 1871)
 * Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1829) – silvery argus
 * Aricia teberdina (Sheljuzhko, 1934)
 * Aricia torulensis Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993