Agriades pyrenaicus

Agriades pyrenaicus
A. p.asturiensis (Oberthür, 1910)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Genus:	Agriades
Species:	A. pyrenaicus
Binomial name
Agriades pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840)
Synonyms
Lycaena orbitulus pyrenaica Boisduval, 1840 Lycaena pyrenaica asturiensis Oberthür, 1910 Agriades ergane Higgins, 1981 Lycaena dardanus Freyer, 1844 Lycaena araraticus Gerhard, 1853 Lycaena rebeli Tuleschkow, 1932 Lycaena latedisjuncta Alberti, 1973 Agriades hesselbarthi Nekrutenko, 1974 Agriades erzurumensis Eckweiler & Hesselbarth, 1978 Agriades kudrnai Koçak, 1980

Agriades pyrenaicus, the Gavarnie Blue, is a Palearctic butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Asturias mountains of north-western Spain, the Pyrenees, the southern Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, the Caucasus and Armenia. The habitat consists of alpine grassy rocky meadows where it is found at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 2,200 meters.

The wingspan is 22–28 mm.

The larvae feed on Androsace villosa.

Subspecies

• A. p. pyrenaicus (central Pyrenees)
• A. p. asturiensis (Oberthür, 1910) (Picos de Europa)
• A. p. dardanus (Freyer, 1844) -Balkan Blue (Balkans, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Armenia)
• A. p. ergane (Higgins, 1981) (Russia)