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Spanish Brown Argus

Aricia cramera

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Field Notes

Description:

Also known as Southern Brown Argus, this was previously a sub-species of the Brown Argus but has now been elevated to a full species in its own right.

Habitat:

Roadside track

Reference Links:

Southern Brown Argus - ARICIA cramera -       &nb…

Species ID Suggestions

Brown Argus

Aricia agestis

Reference Link
LucBertrand
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Comments (5)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Hi Luc & Ashish, after over 3 years this has finally been better identified as per the details I have put in the description and the link in the reference section. I have no idea when the change was made, I saw one in Portugal recently and Aricia agestis is not on their official list of records but Aricia cramera is.
Ashish
Yes Luc... shades are so fantastic.... even Winsor and Newton also doesn't have them...
LucBertrand
yes, I had seen this sort in my book on the butterfly.:) You're lucky, it is superb !! I 've not seen like this before , it is a beautiful model .

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Earth Week 2011
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PublishedApril 27, 2011

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