#2999 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Scotch Argus

🇳🇱 Zomererebia ·Erebia aethiops

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © tvp · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Бобруйский район, Могилёвская область, Беларусь:© sxjdght · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Caterina Mirtsiou · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 33085 Maniago PN, Italia:© Luca Sattin · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Freisinger Buckl:© magdalenastroetz · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Istarska, HR:© Adi Peter · CC BY 4.0
10. 55130 Gondrecourt-le-Château, France:© Nicolas HELITAS · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Scotch argus ( Erebia aethiops ) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. In spite of its English name argus , it is not a close relation of the brown argus nor the northern brown argus.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 13,238iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
13,238 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1777 (249 years ago).