Artopoetes pryeri
Artopoetes pryeri | |
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Artopoetes pryeri in Seitz | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Artopoetes |
Species: | A. pryeri |
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Artopoetes pryeri | |
Artopoetes pryeri is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Northeast China South Amur, Ussuri, Korea, Japan) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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Artopoetes pryeri Japan
Description from Seitz
L. pryeri Murr. (83 e). Very large, above with a broad dark margin, the basal area violet, in the male the disc also violet, but in the female whitish. Underside white with 2 rows of dark dots near the margin. — In Amurland and Japan, not rare, in June and July. The species looks on the wing like a Pierid. The larva on Syringa amurensis, full-grown in June (Doerries). This aberrant-looking form might likewise be placed into a separate genus.[2]
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