Agriades
Genus of butterflies
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Agriades is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.
| Agriades | |
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| Arctic blue (Agriades glandon) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Agriades Hübner, [1819] |
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Taxonomy
As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, 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).[1]
In some earlier classifications, these three genera used to be included in Plebejus.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]
The aquilo species-group:
- Agriades diodorus (Bremer, 1861) Mongolia, North China, South Siberia
- Agriades glandon (de Prunner, 1798) – Glandon blue or Arctic blue (including Agriades aquilo, Agriades cassiope, and Agriades franklinii)
- Agriades podarce (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
The ellisi species-group:
- Agriades ellisi (Marshall, 1882) Himalaya
- Agriades errans (Riley, 1927) Himalaya
- Agriades jaloka Moore, [1875]) 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
