This butterfly has dark velvety chocolate-coloured wings when it first emerges. The eye-spots being quite prominent on all four wings. The Scotch Argus prefers warm sunshine and is often seen flying low and erratically over grassland which is ungrazed or lightly grazed. The caterpillars feed on a variety of grasses including Blue Moor-grass and Sheep's Fescue.
Yorkshire Butterfly Atlas