| English name: | Silver-studded Blue |
| Norwegian name: | Argusblåvinge |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Plebejus argus in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 483. |
| Syn.: | sylvius (Poda, 1761) |
| aegon ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | S. a. argus. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe, temperate parts of Asia to Kazakhstan, Amur, Korea, Amur, |
| Ussuri and Sakhalin Is. |
P. argus argus | |
| Auctor: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway. |
| Notes: | A common species in Norway. |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | argus: Argos was a hundred-eyed guardian of Io in Greek mythology. |
| Upon his death, these eyes were placed by Juno on the tail of a peacock. |
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| 3 | 4 |
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PLEBEIUS ARGUS ARGUS |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 10 | AAI | Åmli | 15-JUL-1989 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m |
| 2 | 27 | BØ | Øvre Eiker | 19-JUL-1998 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m (ventral view) |
| 3 | 43 | BV | Hemsedal | 14-AUG-2002 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f |
| 4 | 10 | AAI | Åmli | 07-JUL-2001 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f (ventral view) |
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