Agriades is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.

Taxonomy

As a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics, Agriades has been enlarged to include some of the species that used to be placed in Albulina (see the orbitulus species-group below) and in Vacciniina (see the optilete species-group).

In some earlier classifications, these three genera used to be included in Plebejus.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:

The aquilo species-group:

The ellisi species-group:

  • Agriades ellisi (Marshall, 1882) Himalaya
  • Agriades errans (Riley, 1927) Himalaya
  • Agriades jaloka Moore, [1875]) Himalaya, Baltistan, Kashmir
  • Agriades janigena (Riley, 1923) Tibet
  • Agriades kurtjohnsoni Bálint, 1997 Himalaya
  • Agriades morsheadi (Evans, 1923) Tibet

The pyrenaica species-group:

The sikkima species-group:

  • Agriades dis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Central Asia, Himalaya
  • Agriades luana (Evans, 1915) Tibet
  • Agriades sikkima (Harcourt-Bath, 1900) Himalaya

Ungrouped:

  • Agriades kumukuleensis (Huang & Murayama, 1988) Afghanistan
  • Agriades walterfoster (Koçak, 1996) China

The orbitulus species-group:

  • Agriades amphirroe (Oberthür, 1910) Tibet
  • Agriades arcaseia (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Sikkim, Tibet
  • Agriades armathea (Fruhstorfer, 1916) China
  • Agriades artenita (Fruhstorfer, 1916) China
  • Agriades asiatica (Elwes, 1882) Central Asia, Himalaya
  • Agriades lehanus (Moore, 1878) Himalaya, Kashmir, Tibet
  • Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798) – alpine argus
  • Agriades orbona (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) China
  • Agriades pharis (Fawcett, 1903) Himalaya, Sikkim
  • Agriades shahidulla (Yoshino, 2003) China

The optilete species-group:

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