Geranium Argus (eumedonia eumedon)
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An altitude specialist, usually over 750m and often a lot higher. The uppersides of both sexes are brown, the male being plain brown and having no blue scales or lunules at all, although the female is indicated by a few uph orange lunules. The defining characteristic is the unh white streak from the cell spot, along v5 to the post-discal spot. It is usually tied closely to the larval host plant, various species of geranium.
11803: a male, rather worn.
2142: the stronger markings, especially the lunules, indicate female.
3084: by contrast, 3084 is clearly a male. There is an interesting Y-shaped discal spot on the unh.
11803_male_Alpes Maritimes_30Jun08
3084_male_Alpes Maritimes_25Jul06
