Lasiommata paramegaera

Lasiommata paramegaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lasiommata
Species: L. paramegaera
Binomial name
Lasiommata paramegaera
(Hübner, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Pararge paramegaera
  • Papilio tigelius Bonelli, 1826

Lasiommata paramegaera, the pale wall brown or Corsican wall brown,[1] is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Corsica and Sardinia.[2] The wingspan is 36-40 mm. Adults are on wing from early April to October in two to three generations.

The larvae feed on Brachypodium phoenicoides and Festuca ovina.

References

  1. Lasiommata paramegaera at IUCN Red List
  2. "Lasiommata Westwood, 1841" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
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