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Aricia cramera

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Aricia cramera
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A. cramera
Binomial name
Aricia cramera
Synonyms
  • Plebejus cramera
  • Lycaena cramera
  • Lycaena astrarche ab. ornata
  • Lycaena astrarche ab. sebdouica
  • Lycaena agestis ornata f. lilliputana
  • Aricia cramera pallidecanariensis
  • Aricia cramera pallidecramera

Aricia cramera, the southern brown argus, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa and can be found from Morocco and Tunisia up to Spain and Portugal, on Mediterranean islands including Menorca and on the Canary Islands.

The wingspan ranges to up to 30 mm. The butterfly flies from May to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Erodium, Helianthemum and Geranium species.

See also