
Valais, Switzerland, June 2017

Rhodes, Greece, May 2017
Field notes and information
A large species of grassy places in hills. A local form, meadewaldoi, confined to the highest levels of the Moroccan High Atlas mountains is often considered as a separate species, although evidence for this is scant. See separate page for that taxon.
Identification & Similar species: Similar to the wall and northern wall browns L. megera & L. petropolitana. Both species are smaller, the former being of paler yellow-orange and more extensively marked. The latter is less well marked and has a strong discal line on the upperside hindwing that has a pale shadow.
Distribution & Flight: From north Africa to central Scandinavia and Greece. Absent from the UK. Flies in a single brood in the northern part of its range, two in the south.
Habitat & Behaviour: Grassy places in rocky dry areas and slopes.

Rhodes, Greece, May 2017

SE Serbia, June 2012

Karwanken Alps, Slovenia, July 2014

Digne les Bains, France, May 2022

Digne les Bains, France, May 2022

Asturias Mts, Spain, July 2011

Peloppenesos, Greece, July 2018



Rhodes, Greece October 2018

Samos, Greece, June 2018

Crete, Greece, June 2018

Asturias Mts, Spain, July 2011


S Greece, June 2013

Karwanken Alps, Slovenia, July 2014

Valais, Switzerland, 2007


Valais, Switzerland, 2007

Valais, Switzerland, July 2009

Piedmont, Italy, June 2004