northern brown argus
aricia artaxerxes latin

Common rock-rose is the only host plant for the Northern Brown Argus butterfly.

The Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Until a few years ago, these northern colonies were thought to be the Northern Brown Argus and more colonies may yet be found to be misidentified.

There are at least 10 different kinds of butterfly on the Head including the Northern Brown Argus which is a nationally rare butterfly in the UK.

Last year ISI was commissioned to survey a large area of the Fife coast, which harbours many insects which are rare elsewhere in Britain, including the Northern Brown Argus Butterfly.

It could also be mistaken for the Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxrexes were it not for the fact that their ranges do not overlap in the UK, unlike on continental Europe.