''Aricia hyacinthus'', the Anatolian false argus, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. It is found in Asia Minor and around the Levant Sea.

Description from Seitz

''L. hyacinthus'' H.-Schiff. (80 b, c). Above similar to the preceding donzelii''">Aricia_nicias.html" ;"title="'Aricia nicias">donzelii'' the dark margin still broader, especially on the hindwing. Very different on the underside, being light blue-grey with rust-red marginal spots, distinct ocelli and on the hindwing without distinct white median smear. — From the countries around the eastern part of the Black Sea. Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)

References

{{Taxonbar">from=Q13394916 Butterflies described in 1847 Butterflies of Asia Aricia (butterfly)">hyacinthus ''Hyacinthus'' is a small genus of bulbous, spring-blooming perennials. They are fragrant flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae and are commonly called hyacinths (). The genus is native to the area of the eastern M ...