Aricia artaxerxes (Mountain Argus)
Originator: Alf Tore Mjøs
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: Rhopalocera (Butterflies)
Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
Genus: Aricia
Species: Aricia artaxerxes (Mountain Argus)
Other names: rødflekket blåvinge
Norwegian name: Sankthansblåvinge
Host plants: Geranium, Geranium sanguineum, Helianthemum, Helianthemum nummularium