Phengaris arion

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Phengaris
Species:
Subspecies: P. a. arion – P. a. buholzeri – P. a. philidor – P. a. zara

Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type: not located
• Type locality: Germany, Nuremberg

• Papilio arion Linnaeus, 1758
• Combination: Maculinea arion (Linnaeus); Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994: 179.
• Combination: Phengaris arion; Fric et al, 2007: 565.
• Papilio telegone Bergsträsser, [1779]: 8, pl. 52, fig. 5,6.
• Papilio varietas Bergsträsser, [1779]
• Lycaena arthurus Melvill, 1873: 263 [Aberration].
• Lycaena obscura Christ, 1877: 374.

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 483 BHL Reference page. 

• Bergsträsser, J.A.B. 1778–1780. Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaf Hanau-Münzenberg… (2) 1779: 79pp., pls. 15–48, (Lepidoptera). Stuttgart, Hoffman. BHLReference page. 
• Christ, H., 1877. Uebersicht der um Basel gefundenen Tagfalter und Sphinges L. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 6_3): 363-388.
• Fric, Z., Wahlberg, N., Pech, P. & Zrzavý, J. 2007. Phylogeny and classification of the Phengaris–Maculinea clade (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): total evidence and phylogenetic species concepts. Systematic Entomology 32: 558–567. PDF. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Melvill, J. C., 1873. Description of Lycaena arthurus, a new European butterfly. Ent. mon. Mag. 9: 263. Reference page. 
• Sibatani, A., Saigusa, T. & Hirowatari, T. 1994. The genus Maculinea van Eeke, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the East Palaearctic Region. Tyô-to-Ga 44(4): 157–220, 50 Figs. PDF. Reference page. 

• Phengaris arion Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
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• ZooBank: B2DFDA7B-1B82-42EB-995E-60952A8B9AF3

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