''Glaucopsyche argali '' is a
butterfly
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 ...
found in the East
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
(Altai) that belongs to the
blues
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family.
Subspecies
*''G. a. argali'' Southeast Altai
*''G. a. arkhar''
Lukhtanov, 1990 Saur, Manrak, Kurchum Mountains
*''G. a. chingiz''
Churkin, 2005 Mongolia
Description from Seitz
L. argali Elw. This species is said to be allied to ''
melanops'', but to have the upperside pale silver grey. — Elwes discovered this insect in the Altai.
[Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) ]
Biology
The larva feeds on Larva on ''
Oxytropis
''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being to ...
'' spp.
See also
*
List of butterflies of Russia
This is a list of butterflies of Russia. About 540 species are known from Russia. The butterflies (mostly diurnal) and moths (mostly nocturnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
The history of lepidopterology in Russia is connec ...
References
External links
Images representing ''Glaucopsyche argali ''at
Barcodes of Life
argali
The argali (''Ovis ammon''), also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild ovis, sheep native to the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains.
Description
The name 'argali' is the Mongolian language, Mongolian ...
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