Common Brown Butterfly (male)

Description:

Males are less colourful being a mixture of brown and orange, again with an eye-spot on each wing. The males have a conspicuous raised vein in the middle of the forewing. Underneath, the male has pale orange forewings, with a brown patch at the apex. The hindwings underneath are brown, and marked by zig-zag dark lines and three ocelli. The males spend their time gently fluttering above the ground and searching through the undergrowth for females, which emerge at the same time but are far more secretive.