Brown Argus Aricia agestis

ab. unicolor Lempke 1955

Not to be confused with the continental variety ssp. allous.

Lempke has given the aberration the name "unicolor" to avoid confusion.

The upperside orange marginal spots fail completely on all four wings.

ab. albino.

An undescribed colour form.

ab. semi-allous  Harrison 1906

The red spots on the upperside have become obsolete.

ab. semi-allous Harrison 1906

The red spots on the upperside have become obsolete.

ab.pallidior Oberthur 1910

The upperside row of marginal lunules are yellow instead of orange.

ab. albisignata Tutt 1912

Upperside hindwings with an outer edging of white between the marginal black spots and the margin. Those black spots are situated on the outer edge of the orange lunules and are not present in all agestis.

ab. snelleni Ter Haar

Upperside forewing with the discoidal spot ringed with white.

ab. supracuneata Lempke 1955

The upperside of the hindwings have a white wedge shaped line from the orange marginal spots in the direction of the base, corresponding with the white dash on the underside hindwings.

ab. pseudo-crameriaVorbrodt 1917

Showing the underside of the following description.

The orange lunules on the upperside are larger than usual and only separated by the veins as in subsp. cramera from the Canary Islands.

ab. pseudo-cramera Vorbrodt 1917

The orange lunules on the upperside are larger than usual and only separated by the veins as in subsp. cramera from the Canary Islands.

ab. lilliputana Oberthur 1916

Very small specimens much smaller than normal..

ab. albicans Aurivillous 1888

The underside of the wings are almost white, with the ocelli very small or absent, their white rings are not visible due to the ground colour.

ab. impunctata Oberthur

The underside is a flax-grey with the ocellated spots absent except for the discoidal spot.

ab. impunctata Oberthur

The underside is a flax-grey with the ocellated spots absent except for the discoidal spot

ab. postico-obsoleta Tutt 1912

Hindwings only with missing spots.

ab. postico-obsoleta Tutt 1912

Hindwings only with missing spots.

ab. obsoleta Tutt 1912

Missing spots on all four wings

ab. obsoleta Tutt 1912

Missing spots on all four wings

ab. discreta Tutt 1912

The submedian spots are thrown outwards, nearer to the marginal lunules.

ab. glomerata  Tutt 1912 + ab. obsoleta Tutt 1912

A double aberration as follows:

ab. glomerata: The submedian spots are drawn inwards towards the discoidal spot so as to form a semi-circle around it.

ab. obsoleta: Missing spots on all four wings

 ab. glomerata Tutt 1912 + ab. postico-obsoleta Tutt 1912

A double aberration as follows:

ab. glomerata: The submedian spots are drawn inwards towards the discoidal spot so as to form a semi-circle around it.

ab. postico-obsoleta : Hindwings only with missing spots.

ab. elongata Courvoisier 1910

The submedian spots are elongated into streaks but do not connect with any other spots.

ab. elongata Courvoisier 1910 + ab. postico-obsoleta Tutt 1912

A double aberration:

ab. elongata: The submedian spots are elongated into streaks but do not connect with any other spots.

ab. postico-obsoleta : Hindwings only with missing spots.

ab. subtus-radiata Oberthur 1896

The submedian spots are connected with the marginal chevrons with short bars.

ab. subtus-radiata Oberthur 1896

The submedian spots are connected with the marginal chevrons with short bars.

ab. subtus-radiata Oberthur 1896

The submedian spots are connected with the marginal chevrons with short bars.

ab. subtus-radiata Oberthur 1896

The submedian spots are connected with the marginal chevrons with short bars.

ab. asymmetrical

This is where a wing or wings is of a noticeably different size from one side to the other.

ab. carteri Harrison 1928

This description is mainly for subsp. artaxerxes, but still describes this insect thus.

The underside of the hindwings with a total absence of the black pupil to the white discoidal scar.

Swanage. 02-08-1953. GFB.Prior