Aricia (butterfly)

Aricia
Northern brown argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Subtribe: Polyommatina
Genus: Aricia
Reichenbach, 1817
Synonyms
  • Gymnomorphia Verity, 1929
  • Pseudoaricia Beuret, 1959
  • Ultraaricia Beuret, 1959
  • Umpria Zhdanko, 1994

Aricia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1817.

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