---
title: "Brown Argus"
description: "Aricia agestis — Insetti e ragni. Aricia agestis, the brown argus, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-argus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Argus

> Aricia agestis — Insetti e ragni. Aricia agestis, the brown argus, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Aricia agestis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 27410
- Wikidata: [Q1294181](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1294181)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125494](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125494)

## Names

- en: Brown Argus
- de: Kleiner Sonnenröschen-Bläuling
- es: Morena Oriental
- fr: Collier de corail
- nl: Bruin blauwtje
- pl: Modraszek agestis

## Countries with the most observations

FR (5006), GB (3434), DE (2856), IT (2502), GR (799), NL (644), AT (564), DK (561), CZ (544), BG (508), HU (453), BE (444)

## Summary

Aricia agestis, the brown argus, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic realm, north to northern Jutland (Denmark), west as far as coastal Wales and east to Siberia and the Tian Shan.
It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775; the specific name agestis is thought to be a misspelling or typographic error for Latin agrestis, 'of the field.'

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Charlie Farrell · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83054168

## Machine access

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