Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)

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IMAGES COUTESY OF STEVE SHROUD (C)

 

 

 

Although it is a member of the blue family it has only a suggestion of blue at the base ofits wing undersides .. It is chocolate brown on its upper surfaces with a band of half moons oat the edge of the wings . The male is very slightly darker and smaller than the female . The underside has a dark background colour covered in apattern of spots . There are two generations of adults each year