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Aricia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1817.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:^[1]

• agestis group:
  • Aricia agestis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) – brown argus
  • Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) – northern brown argus
  • Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821) – southern brown argus
  • Aricia montensis Verity, 1928
• anteros group:
  • Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) – blue argus
  • Aricia bassoni Larsen, 1974
  • Aricia crassipuncta (Christoph, 1893)
  • Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910) – Spanish argus
  • Aricia vandarbani (Pfeiffer, 1937)
• chinensis group:
  • Aricia chinensis (Murray, 1874)
• nicias group:
  • Aricia dorsumstellae (Graves, 1923)
  • Aricia hyacinthus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1847])
  • Aricia isaurica (Staudinger, 1871)
  • Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1829) – silvery argus
  • Aricia teberdina (Sheljuzhko, 1934)
  • Aricia torulensis Hesselbarth & Siepe, 1993

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