Scolitantides orion

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (April 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at [[:ru:Голубянка орион]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|ru|Голубянка орион}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Scolitantides orion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Scolitantides
Species:	S. orion
Binomial name
Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
Synonyms
Papilio orion Pallas, 1771 Papilio battus [Schiffermüller], 1775 Papilio telephii Esper, 1778 Papilio sedi Fabricius, 1781 Polyommatus hecateus Drapier, 1819 Scolitantides ultraornata Verity, 1937

Scolitantides orion, the chequered blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies). It is found in Europe, Russia and east across the Palearctic to Japan.^[1]