(Esper, 1777)
Scotch Argus
Description:
The Scotch Argus can be found in a wide variety of habitats. It inhabits flower-rich grasslands and grassy woodland clearings, and can also be found on heathland, bogs and marshy areas with very open woodland.
Many different grasses can be used as a food plant, such as Purple Moor-grass (Molinea caerulea), Blue Moor-grass (Sesleria albicans), Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum), Cock's-foot (Dactylus glomerata), fescues (Festuca spp.), cat's-tails (Phleum spp.), Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), and Quaking Grass (Briza media), and also sedges (Carex spp.).
The caterpillar hibernates in the second or third larval instar. It pupates in the litter layer, and is single-brooded.
Habitat:
Mixed woodland
Mesophile grasslands
Coniferous woodland
Deciduous forests
Similar species:
Erebia pronoe
Erebia neoridas