Aricia montensis Verity, 1928 is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aricia montensis Verity, 1928

Aricia montensis Verity, 1928

Aricia montensis is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in Spanish and North African mountains, whose larvae feed on three plant genera.

Family
Genus
Aricia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Aricia montensis Verity, 1928

Aricia montensis, a species scientifically described by Verity in 1928, is a butterfly belonging to the family Lycaenidae. This species can be found living in the mountain regions of Spain and North Africa. The caterpillar larvae of Aricia montensis feed on plant species from the genera Erodium, Helianthemum, and Geranium.

Photo: (c) Ferran Turmo Gort, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Aricia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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