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Scotch Argus

Erebia aethiops

About

A dark brown butterfly with russet-orange bands containing eyespots, found in northern grasslands and light woodland. It flies in a bouncing manner close to the ground.

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Did You Know?

In Britain, it is confined to Scotland and a single colony in the Lake District surviving since the last ice age.