Plebejus lucifera (Staudinger, 1867)

Kosterin, Oleg E., 2023, Early summer aspect of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Republic of Khakassia as examined in 2000, with some additional data, Amurian Zoological Journal XV (2), pp. 325-354 : 344

Plebejus lucifera (Staudinger, 1867)

Specimens: 1\NNE Parnaya, 1♀.

Plebejus argus clarasiatica (Verity, 1931)

Specimens: 1\NNE Parnaya, 4♂, 3♀; 2\NE Kopyovo, 18♂; 3\NNE Kopyovo, 9♂, 3♀; 4\ WNW Shira, 2♀; 6\SE Efremkino, 38♂, 29♀; 7\Sonskiy, 21♂, 6♀; 9\Terensug headwaters, 1♂; 10\Terensug, 26♂, 1♀; 8\Uybat, 18♂, 2♀; 11\Tashtyp, 35♂, 14♀; 12\Dzhabash, 2♂.

Observations: One of the most common meadow species. It was found especially abundant in some restricted areas (with no obvious peculiarities) on meadows on steep slopes above limestone cliffs on the right side of the Belyy Iyus River (6\SE Efremkino). In the evening the imagines seemed to congregate, up to several dozens in half a metre, were overnighted preferably on the whitish inflorescences of Artemisia frigida Willd.