''Glaucopsyche argali '' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
found in the East
Palearctic (Altai) that belongs to the
blues family.
Subspecies
*''G. a. argali'' Southeast Altai
*''G. a. arkhar''
Lukhtanov, 1990 Saur, Manrak, Kurchum Mountains
*''G. a. chingiz''
Churkin, 2005 Mongolia
Description from Seitz
L. argali Elw. This species is said to be allied to ''
melanops'', but to have the upperside pale silver grey. — Elwes discovered this insect in the Altai.
[Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) ]
Biology
The larva feeds on Larva on ''
Oxytropis
''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genus is the closely related ''Astragalus''. There are ab ...
'' spp.
See also
*
List of butterflies of Russia
This is a list of butterflies of Russia. About 540 species are known from Russia. The butterflies (mostly diurnal) and moths (mostly nocturnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
The history of lepidopterology in Russia is conne ...
References
External links
Images representing ''Glaucopsyche argali ''at
Barcodes of Life
argali
The argali (''Ovis ammon''), also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains.
Description
The name 'argali' is the Mongolian word for wild sheep. It ...
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