Plebejus argus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Plebejus
Species: Plebejus argus
Subspecies: (20) see Funet
P. a. aegon – P. a. argus – P. a. asur – P. a. bejarensis – P. a. bella – P. a. branuelasensis – P. a. casaiacus – P. a. claraobscura – P. a. clarasiaticus – P. a. cleomenes – P. a. coreana – P. a. hypochionagraecea – P. a. lydiades – P. a. micrargus – P. a. obensis – P. a. pamira – P. a. seoki – P. a. sultana – P. a. vigensis – P. a. wolgensis

Name

Plebejus argus Linnaeus, 1758.

Type locality: "Habitat in Rhamno Europae, Africae".

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

Papilio argus Linnaeus, 1758: 483.
Papilio sylvius Poda, 1761: 77.
Lycaena argus (Linnaeus); Grum-Grshimailo, 1890: 372.
Lycaeides argus orientaloides Verity, 1931: 48, TL: Hyrcana, N. Persia.
Lycaeides argus altaegidon Verity, 1931: 59, (unavailable, replaced by Lycaena alpina Courvoisier, 1910), TL: Valais, Route du Simplon.
Lycaena alpina Courvoisier, 1910: 92.
Lycaena aegon plouharnelensis Oberthür, 1910: 186, pl. 38, figs 252-253, TL: Plouharnel, France.
Plebeius argus (Linnaeus); Zhdanko, 2000: 158, pl. 73, f. 16-38.
Plebejus argus (Linnaeus); Talavera, et al., 2012: 187.

References

Courvoisier, L. G., 1910. Entdeckungsreisen und kritische Spaziergänge ins Gebiet der Lycaeniden. Entomologische Zeitschrift 23 (18): 92–94. BHL. Reference page.
Grum-Grshimailo, G. E., 1890. Le Pamir et sa faune lédopterologique, in Romanoff, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. 4: vii+577 pp, 22 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Oberthür, C., 1910. Notes pour servir à établir la faune Francais et Algérienne des Lépidoptères. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 4: 1–638. BHL. Reference page.
Poda, N. 1761. Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Caroli Linnaei digessit. Widmanstad (Graz?) (viii)+127+(12) pp, 2 (or 12) pls (sm 8vo). PDF Reference page.
Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. Reference page.
Verity, R., 1931. On the geographical variations and the evolution of Lycaeides argus L. (Lycaenidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. 45: 30-69. Reference page.
Zhdanko, A.B. in Tuzov, V.K. (ed.), 2000. Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Volume 2; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae. Pensoft, Sofia. Reference page.

Links

Savela Funet.

Vernacular names

Cymraeg: Glesyn serennog
dansk: Argusblåfugl
Deutsch: Geißklee-Bläuling
English: Silver-studded Blue
español: Plebejus argus
suomi: Kangassinisiipi
français: Azuré de l'ajonc
Frysk: Heideblaujurkje
magyar: Ezüstös boglárka
日本語: ヒメシジミ
lietuvių: Akiuotasis melsvys
Nederlands: Heideblauwtje
norsk: Argusblåvinge
polski: Modraszek argus
русский: Голубянка аргус
svenska: Ljungblåvinge

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