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Species of butterfly
Aricia cramera
, the
southern brown argus
, is a
butterfly
of the family
Lycaenidae
. It is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa and can be found from
Morocco
and
Tunisia
up to
Spain
and
Portugal
, on Mediterranean islands including
Menorca
and on the
Canary Islands
.
The
wingspan
ranges to up to 30 mm. The butterfly flies from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on
Erodium
,
Helianthemum
and
Geranium
species.
Seitz 80a
Description from Seitz
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In specimens [ of
astrarche
] from the Canaries the red macular band of the upperside is occasionally quite uncommonly broad and of even width, so that it forms a regular band, only transected by the black veins; this is ab.
cramera
Eschsch. (=
canariensis
Black.) (80 a). I also caught very extreme specimens of this form on the slopes of the Aures Mts. in Algeria, although only singly; on the other hand I met on the Canaries with specimens of
astrarche
which certainly did not belong to
cramera
, but rather to
calida
.
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See also
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References
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- ^
Adalbert Seitz
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)
