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Artopoetes pryeri

Species of butterfly

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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Description

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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]

Artopoetes pryeri Japan

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Descriptions of new Species of Exotic Rhopalocera. Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 107–108.
  2. [2]
    Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


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