Lasiommata
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Lasiommata is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Satyrinae
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...

 in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

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Species

  • Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Lasiommata paramegaera
    Lasiommata paramegaera
    Lasiommata paramegaera is a butterfly species belonging to the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Corsica and Sardinia.The wingspan is 36-40 mm. Adults are on wing from early April to October in two to three generations....

    (Hübner, 1824)
  • Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lasiommata meadewaldoi (Rothschild, 1917)
  • Lasiommata adrastoides (Bienert, [1870])
  • Lasiommata felix (Warnecke, 1929)
  • Lasiommata maderakal (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  • Lasiommata schakra
    Lasiommata schakra
    The Common Wall, Lasiommata schakra, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in South Asia.-Description:Shows slight sexual dimorphism. Male upperside ground colour silky brown; cilia of both wings whitish...

    (Kollar, [1844])
  • Lasiommata maerula C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Lasiommata majuscula (Leech, [1892])
  • Lasiommata minuscula (Oberthür, 1923)
  • Lasiommata kasumi Yoshino, 1995
  • Lasiommata hindukushica (Wyatt & Omoto, 1966)
  • Lasiommata menava
    Lasiommata menava
    The Dark Wall, Lasiommata menava, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in India....

    Moore, 1865
  • Lasiommata petropolitana
    Lasiommata petropolitana
    The Northern Wall Brown is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in large parts of Europe, from the Pyrenees and Alps up to Scandinavia and Finland, up to Russia and Siberia....

    (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Lasiommata hefengana Chou & Zhang, 1994
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