CHOG Lepidoptera Photographic Archive

Brown Argus

• Seen in very small numbers most years at Stanpit, but only these two records so far on the Hengistbury side of the Harbour.
• Wingspan about 30 mm (1.2 inches)
• Distinguished from the brown form of female Common Blue by, on the upperside, the prominent dark spot on each forewing (absent or indistinct in female Common Blue), and, on the underside, the vertical “figure of eight” pattern of the two dark spots near the leading edge of the underwing (horizontally side by side in Common Blue), and by the long and narrow abdomen (shorter and wider in Common Blue)