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