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Aricia agestis
Species of butterfly / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aricia agestis, the brown argus, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic realm, north to northern Jutland (Denmark) and east to Siberia and the Tian Shan.[1]
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Brown argus | |
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Male | |
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Both males at Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Aricia |
Species: | A. agestis |
Binomial name | |
Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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