Mountain Argus Butterfly
Taken at Insh Marshes on 23rd July 2001 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens.
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Mountain Argus Butterfly.
Species:
Order:
Family:
A.K.A
Aricia artaxerxes.
Lepidoptra.
Lycaenidae.
Northern Brown Argus
Larval Food:
Adult Food:
Wingspan:
Habitat:
Flies/Found:		 Common Rock Rose.
Mainly on Thyme
25 - 31 mm
Limestone grassland, coastal valleys and quarries.
June - July.