- Lasiommata petropolitana
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Lasiommata petropolitana 
Male Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Lasiommata Species: L. petropolitana Binomial name Lasiommata petropolitana
Linnaeus, 1767The Northern Wall Brown (Lasiommata petropolitana) 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.
Female
The males are 19-21 mm. The butterflies fly in one or two generations from April to September.
The larvae feed on various grasses, mainly Dactylis glomerata, Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina .
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