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title: "Scotch Argus"
description: "Erebia aethiops — Insects & spiders. The Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/scotch-argus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Scotch Argus

> Erebia aethiops — Insects & spiders. The Scotch argus (Erebia aethiops) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Erebia aethiops*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 12699
- Wikidata: [Q1395764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326454](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326454)

## Names

- en: Scotch Argus
- de: Graubindiger Mohrenfalter
- es: Erebia Clara de Esper
- fr: Moiré sylvicole
- nl: Zomererebia
- pl: Górówka medea

## Countries with the most observations

IT (2269), AT (1623), DE (1122), RU (1045), GB (892), FR (805), CH (666), SI (137), SK (128), TR (71), PL (65), GE (63)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_argus

## Photo

![Scotch Argus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scotch-argus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181952331

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/scotch-argus?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).