#2990 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large Wall Brown

🇳🇱 Rotsvlinder ·Lasiommata maera

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 4.0
2. © Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Harald Süpfle · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Enya · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Harald Süpfle · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Vítězslav Maňák · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Lasiommata maera , the large wall brown , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,571iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
16,571 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).