Aricia morronensis
| Aricia morronensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Aricia |
| Species: | A. morronensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)[1] | |
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The Spanish Argus (Aricia morronensis) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Spain.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to September in usually one, but sometimes two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Erodium species.[4] They are attended by ants. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
Subspecies
Some authors recognise two subspecies, Aricia morronensis ramburi and Aricia morronensis hesselbarthi.
References
- Gil-T., F. (2009): Concerning Aricia morronensis in the south and south-east of Spain: new localities, a revision of its sub-specific status, and a proposal of synonymy (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 193-199, 331. Full article: .
- Shaw, M. & F. Gil-T. (2008): The first known parasitoid of Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910), an endemic Iberian species, and notes on the parasitoids (Hymenoptera; Diptera) of the genus Aricia in Europe (Lep.: Lycaenidae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Ichneumonidae; Diptera: Tachinidae). Atalanta 39 (1/4): 343-346, 423. Full article: .