Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
(Scotch Argus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Erebia aethiops (Scotch Argus)
Genus	Erebia (a genus of brown butterflies)
Tribe	Erebiini (a tribe of brown butterflies)
Subfamily	SATYRINAE (brown butterflies)
Family	NYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
Superfamily	PAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Erebia aethiops is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Erebia aethiops (Scotch Argus) :
1: Erebia aethiops (Scotch Argus)
26 Aug 1979	OSGR: NN03	56° 30’ N, 5° 10’ W	Vice County: Argyllshire (VC 98)	Scotland
Female

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Sterry, P.	2003	The west of the Park is best for those seeking the Scotch Argus	Vol 14, No. 5 Page: 346

Erebia aethiops (Scotch Argus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erebia aethiops (Scotch Argus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Erebia aethiops (Scotch Argus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Erebia aethiops is also a member of:

Identification Works

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