The Scotch argus 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.
Image: Satyrinae Erebia aethiops
Image: Satyrinae Erebia aethiops 001
Female, underside
Erebia aethiops ♂
Erebia is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, family Nymphalidae. Most of the about 90–100 species are dark brown or black in color, with reddish-brown to orange or more rarely yellowish wing blotches or bands. These usually bear black spots within, which sometimes have white center spots.
Erebia
male Ottoman brassy ringlet E. ottomana
female Ottoman brassy ringlet E. ottomana
female Ottoman brassy ringlet E. ottomana