#2422 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Brown Argus

🇳🇱 Bruin blauwtje ·Aricia agestis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sonja Bouwman-Gringhuis · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sonja Bouwman-Gringhuis · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © +vega · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Jeroen van der Brugge · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Woensdrecht, NL-NB, NL:© Annika Tiane Vermaat · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. South Holland, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
9. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noord-Holland, NL:© Annika Tiane Vermaat · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Aricia agestis , the brown argus , is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic ecozone north to northern Jutland (Denmark) and east to Siberia and Tian Shan.

base stats

NL sightings 647iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,832iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 647 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #38 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
27,832 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).