The Meadow Argus has two brownish wings (estimated to be about 55 millimetres) [1], each covered with two distinctive reddish eyespots as well as white and orange marks that appear on the edge of the wings. The eyespots are a defence mechanism that are not only used to frighten predators away, but also to confuse the predators into thinking that the eyespots are the target, allowing the butterfly to escape with only a small part of the wing being lost.