#2506 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Wall Brown

🇳🇱 Argusvlinder ·Lasiommata megera

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Fausto · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © giuliabacco · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © kulkajan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jonathan Neumann · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © giuliabacco · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Ombrosoparacloucycle · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Christian Ferrer · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Lasiommata megera , the wall or wall brown , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (subfamily Satyrinae). It is widespread in the Palearctic realm with a large variety of habitats and number of generations a year.

base stats

NL sightings 222iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 47,910iNaturalist observations

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).