Brown Argus

Description:

The adults have a silvery appearance as they fly low to the ground and they stop frequently either to perch or feed on flowers. They may be confused with Common Blue females, which also have brown upperwings but usually with some blue at the base. It is also very similar to Northern Brown Argus which usually has no orange spots on forewing.

Habitat:

Open woodland

Notes:

The butterfly spread rapidly in the mid-1990s but lost ground in the last three years of the twentieth century.