Scotch argus Adults fly from June to August. The eggs are laid singly on the leaves of grass. The larvae hatch after two weeks. The hibernating larva is reported to feed on "Agrostis", "Dactylis", "Poa annua", "Bromus erectus" and other grasses. In Scotland the main host plants are purple moor-grass ("Molinia caerulea") and blue moor-grass ("Sesleria caerulea"). Scotch argus The Scotch argus ("Erebia aethiops") is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. In spite of its English name "argus", it is not a close relation of the brown argus nor the northern brown argus. Subspecies include: "Erebia aethiops" is widespread in the Palaearctic
Argus (king of Argos) of Argus Panoptes as the son of Argus and Ismene. Argus succeeded to his maternal grandfather's power over Peloponnese, naming the kingdom after himself. A scholiast on Homer calls Argus the son and successor of Apis. Jerome and Eusebius, citing the now-lost history of Castor of Rhodes, also agree in making Argus the successor of Apis, and son of Zeus and Niobe, and give the length of his reign over "Argeia" (Argos) as 70 years. The tomb of Argus in Argos was shown as late as the times of Pausanias, who also made mention of a grove sacred to Argus