Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Common names

🇬🇧 Brown Argus
🇫🇷 Collier-de-corail, Argus brun

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Subtribe: Polyommatina
Genus: Aricia
Species: Aricia agestis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/aricia-agestis.webp — Aricia agestis foraging on a flower of Verbena incompta

img/aricia-agestis-2.webp — Aricia agestis foraging on a flower of Mentha suaveolens

img/aricia-agestis-3.webp — Aricia agestis foraging on a flower of Cirsium arvense

img/aricia-agestis-4.webp — Aricia agestis foraging on a flower of Pulicaria dysenterica

Sources

van Swaay, C., Ellis, S., & Warren, M. (2025). Aricia agestis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2025. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T174263A211402055.en