| Aricia artaxerxes | (Fabricius, 1793) |
TL: Scotland (3000 m.)
Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Glades
- Railway lines and embankments
- Steppes
26-31 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyModrásek pumpavový 
DanskSortbrun blåfugl 
DeutschGroßer Sonnenröschen-Bläuling 
EnglishNorthern Brown Argus 
FrançaisArgus de l'Hélianthème 
HrvatskiMrki planinski plavac 
LatviešuTumšbrūnais zilenītis 
LietuviųRudasis melsvys 
MagyarBükki szerecsenboglárka 
NederlandsVals bruin blauwtje 
NorskSankthansblåvinge 
PolskiModraszek artakserkses 
SlovenčinaModráčik bociannikový 
SrpskiTamnik 
SuomeksiLehtosinisiipi 
SvenskaMidsommarblåvinge 
TürkçeÇokgözlü Ormanesmeri 
ΕλληνικάΆργος του ηλίανθου 
РусскийГолубянка артаксеркс 
زبان_فارسیآرگوس قهوهای شمالی
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cistaceae Helianthemum Rockrose Geraniaceae Geranium Crane's-bill Geraniaceae Geranium sanguineum Bloody Crane's-bill
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Hesperia artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793 Plebejus artaxerxes Fabricius, 1793 Aricia allous Geyer, 1836 Aricia inhonora Jachontov, 1909 Lycaena nevadensis Oberthür, 1910 Aricia montensis Vérity, 1928 Aricia macedonica Vérity, 1936
- Subspecies
- Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes is a member of the clade Aricia agestis:
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Species Author Aricia cramera Eschscholtz, 1821 Aricia (Aricia) agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) Aricia (Aricia) artaxerxes issekutzi (Balogh, 1956) Aricia (Aricia) montensis Vérity, 1928
- Links
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Language Website Authors British Butterflies Steven Cheshire Butterfly Conservation Armenia Lepidoptera of Crimea Владимир Савчук Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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