| English name: | Silvery Argus |
| Norwegian name: | Turkis blåvinge |
| Auctor: | (Meingen, [1830]) |
| Original description: | as Polyommatus nicias in Syst. Bechr. eur. Schmett. 2 : 10. |
| Syn.: | donzelli (Boisduval, 1832) |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Rhetial Alps (Switzerland) [Verity, 1943] |
| Subspecies in Norway: | A. nicias scandica. |
| Recognized subspecies: | A. nicias nicias Meingen, [1830] - Spain, Andorra, France; E Pyrenees and France, Switzerland, Italy; S Alps. |
| A. nicias scandica (Wahlgren, 1930) - Scandinavia and Finnland. | |
| A. nicias kolosovi Korshunov, 1995 (= septentrionalis Krulikovsky, 1908, nom. praeocc.) - Ural, W Siberia (TL: "Provincia Wiatka" [Tatarstan]). | |
| A. nicias bittis (Fruhstorfer, 1914) - Atlai and Sayan (TL: "Altai Central"). | |
| A. nicias borsippa (Fruhstorfer, 1914) - Transbaikalia (TL: "Kentei-Gebirge"). | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Pyrenees, Alps, Norway eastwards through Siberia north to 60oN to Transbaikalia and Mongolia. |
A. nicias scandica | |
| Auctor: | (Wahlgren, 1930) |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Västerbotten, Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | East part of Hedmark fylke, South Norway. |
| Notes: | A. nicias was found for the first time in Norway in July 2006. To see the paper on this record, clik here. |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | nicias: |
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