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Large wall brown - Lasiommata maera
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Family: Satyridae Flight Time: April - September Size: 44-56mm Altitude: 0-2000m |
| Tough to get both wings in focus
without the aid of a flash, the rich natural colours are worth the loss of
the left wing tip I reckon!
Right is an underside pictured in Slovenia. There are two forms of this species, this is a female of the typical form photographed in Switzerland. Form meadewaldoi differs in being darker. Then there is the smaller Northern wall brown L. petropolitana which is darker and smaller. |
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| Similar Species | Foodplants | Habitat | Distribution |
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Grasses | Stony slopes. |
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| Early Stages
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