Munguira, Miguel L.;Martín, José;García-Barros, Enrique;Shahbazian, Gayaneh;Cancela, Juan Pablo
Agriades
Sign in to saveAgriades is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
Observations recorded26,009
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 368
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- UCM, CSU, UMNH, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS (UAM), INHS
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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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.
==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).
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