Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Wall, Wall Brown)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown)
SubfamilySATYRINAE (brown butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown) :
1: Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown)
18 Sep 2014 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at rest
Image 1: Male - upperside - wings apart
2: Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown)
12 Sep 2003 OSGR: SW97 50° 30’ N, 4° 60’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
Image 1: Settled on wall
3: Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown)
7 Aug 1983 OSGR: SU16 51° 20’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Female - upperside - wings apart
4: Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown)
1 Aug 1976 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Female
Image 1: Female - upperside - wings apartImage 2: Female - upperside - wings apart (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bush, R. 2002 Wall Brown Vol 13, No 5 Page: 356

Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lasiommata megera (Wall, Wall Brown)
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