''Agriades'' is a
genus
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of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
. Its species are found in temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.
Taxonomy
As a result of studies of
molecular phylogenetics
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, ''Agriades'' has been enlarged to include some of the species that used to be placed in ''Albulina'' (see the ''orbitulus'' species-group below) and in ''Vacciniina'' (see the ''optilete'' species-group).
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In some earlier classifications, these three genera used to be included in '' Plebejus''.
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Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:865
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The ''ellisi'' species-group:
* '' Agriades ellisi'' (Marshall, 1882) Himalaya
* '' Agriades errans'' (Riley, 1927) Himalaya
* '' Agriades jaloka'' Moore, 875
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Events
By place
Europe
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Himalaya, Baltistan, Kashmir
* '' Agriades janigena'' (Riley, 1923) Tibet
* '' Agriades kurtjohnsoni'' Bálint, 1997 Himalaya
* '' Agriades morsheadi'' (Evans, 1923) Tibet
The ''pyrenaica'' species-group:
* '' Agriades aegagrus'' (Christoph, 1873) North Iran
* '' Agriades dardanus'' (Freyer, 1845) – often included in ''Agriades pyrenaica''
* '' Agriades forsteri'' Sakai, 1978 Central Asia
* '' Agriades pheretiades'' (Eversmann, 1843)
* '' Agriades pyrenaica'' (Boisduval, 1840) – Gavarnie blue
* '' Agriades zullichi'' Hemming, 1933
The ''sikkima'' species-group:
* '' Agriades dis'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Central Asia, Himalaya
* '' Agriades luana'' (Evans, 1915) Tibet
* '' Agriades sikkima'' (Harcourt-Bath, 1900) Himalaya
Ungrouped:
* '' Agriades kumukuleensis'' (Huang & Murayama, 1988) Afghanistan
* '' Agriades walterfoster'' (Koçak, 1996) China
The ''orbitulus'' species-group:
* '' Agriades amphirroe'' (Oberthür, 1910) Tibet
* '' Agriades arcaseia'' (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Sikkim, Tibet
* '' Agriades armathea'' (Fruhstorfer, 1916) China
* '' Agriades artenita'' (Fruhstorfer, 1916) China
* '' Agriades asiatica'' (Elwes, 1882) Central Asia, Himalaya
* '' Agriades lehanus'' (Moore, 1878) Himalaya, Kashmir, Tibet
* '' Agriades orbitulus'' (de Prunner, 1798) – alpine argus
* '' Agriades orbona'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) China
* '' Agriades pharis'' (Fawcett, 1903) Himalaya, Sikkim
* '' Agriades shahidulla'' (Yoshino, 2003) China
The ''optilete'' species-group:
* '' Agriades optilete'' (Knoch, 1781) – cranberry blue
References
External links
images representing ''Agriades''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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