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Aricia artaxerxes
Family: LycaenidaeGenus: Aricianative in Germany
native in Germany
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7
Plants
visited
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9
Interactions
documented
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2
Host plants
known
About this species
A univoltine butterfly of the Lycaenidae family, monophagous and overwintering as a larva, with adult activity recorded in August.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
The butterfly is univoltine, flying in August. It overwinters as a larva and is monophagous.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
monophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
Aricia artaxerxes is a butterfly belonging to the family Lycaenidae. It has a univoltine life cycle, with adults on the wing in August. The species overwinters in the larval stage and is monophagous, relying on a single host plant.
Visited plants
5 plants are visited by this species
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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