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Latin name - Lasiommata megera

Flight period - Middle of April to the end of October.

Wingspan 4.5 to 5.3 cm, 1.7 to 2.1 inch.

The Wall Brown is a medium-sized butterfly which gets it name from its habit of basking on walls, stones and bare ground. It is mainly pale orange with greyish-brown markings and black eyespots. It has one large eyespot on the forewing and four smaller eyespots on the hindwing

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