Butterflies of temperate Asia - Agriades pheretiades

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Butterflies of temperate Asia

Tien Shan Blue

Agriades pheretiades EVERSMANN, 1843

Family - LYCAENIDAE

subfamily - POLYOMMATINAE

Tribe -

Agriades pheretiades tekessanus, male, Dolon Pass, Kyrgyzstan © B. Lalanne-Cassou

Introduction

There are 20 species in the genus Agriades, which includes 3 European species - the Glandon, Gavarnie and Sierra Nevada Blues. Additionally there are 2 Agriades species in North America, while the remaining 15 are distributed variously across temperate Asia.

Agriades pheretiades pheres, female, Muksu valley, Tajikistan © F. Michel

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