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They can be mistaken for other female blues but the brown argus never has any blue scales at the base of the wings like other female blues often do. It could also be mistaken for the northern brown argus (Aricia artaxerxes) were it not for the fact that their ranges do not overlap in the UK, unlike on continental Europe. The underside has the ...
Common blue males usually have wings that are blue above with a black-brown border and a white fringe. The females are usually brown above with a blue dusting and orange spots. [4] Mating in Buckinghamshire male left; female right. The Common blue was elected as the national butterfly of Israel in 2023. [5]
Polyommatus icarus, common blue (abundant, seen all over the island) Lysandra bellargus, Adonis blue (uncommon) Aricia cramera, southern brown argus (fairly common - May be confused with female common blue.) Celastrina argiolus, holly blue (common) Lampides boeticus, long-tailed blue (local) Leptotes pirithous, Lang's short-tailed blue (local)
Aricia cramera, the southern brown argus, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa and can be found from Morocco and Tunisia up to Spain and Portugal, on Mediterranean islands including Menorca and on the Canary Islands. The wingspan ranges to up to 30 mm. The butterfly flies from May to ...
Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) – northern brown argus; Aricia cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821) – southern brown argus; Aricia montensis Verity, 1928; anteros group: Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838) – blue argus; Aricia bassoni Larsen, 1974; Aricia crassipuncta (Christoph, 1893) Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910) – Spanish argus; Aricia ...
Aricia agestis subspecies nazira (brown argus) Eumedonia astorica (Astor argus) Eumedonia eumedon (streaked argus or geranium argus) Plebejus kwaja (dark jewel blue) Plebejus christophe (small jewel blue) Kretania beani (Balochi jewel blue or zephyr blue) Turanana cytis subspecies laspura (spotted argus blue) Turanana chitrali (Chitral argus blue)
Brown argus, Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Northern brown argus, Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1775) Vogel's blue, Maurus vogelii (Oberthür, 1920) Kretania allardii (Oberthür, 1874) Martin's blue, Kretania martini (Allard, 1867) Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775). Common blue, Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg ...
This site is mainly chalk grassland, with some woodland and scrub. There are a variety of orchids, and butterflies such as the brown argus, common blue and dark green fritillary. [1] There is access from a road off Shoreham Road opposite Darenth Valley Golf Club.