Mountain Argus

Aricia artaxerxes

9,928Records since 2000

JunePeak month

16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb0

Mar1

Apr1

May171

Jun4,654

Jul4,573

Aug516

Sep9

Oct0

Nov0

Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cumbria	England	3,063
2	North Yorkshire	England	1,747
3	Scottish Borders	Scotland	273
4	Highland	Scotland	265
5	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	100
6	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	95
7	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	74
8	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	65
9	East Lothian	Scotland	57
10	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	50
11	Midlothian	Scotland	31
12	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	15
13	South Ayrshire	Scotland	2
14	Angus	Scotland	2
15	Fife	Scotland	1

8,677 England1,250 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 9,928
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 16
Scientific name: Aricia artaxerxes
Also known as: Northern Brown Argus
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 9,843
Most recorded in: Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Scottish Borders, Highland, City of Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, Perth and Kinross, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Aberdeenshire
Conservation designations: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aricia
Name with authority: Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
Described: 1793
Contributing datasets: 15