Browns
Family: Satyridae - Recorded in the Lancing area
Species on this page
- Lasiommata megera - Wall Brown
- Coenomypha pamphilus - Small Heath
- Pyronia tithonus - Gatekeeper
- Parage aegeria - Speckled Wood
- Maniola jurtina - Meadow Brown
- Melanargia galathea - Marbled White
Wall Brown - Lasiommata megera
Small Heath - Coenomypha pamphilus
Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus
Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown - female
Larval foodplant: Grasses
Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown - male
Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper - underside
Probably a female.
Speckled Wood - Parage aegeria
Parage aegeria
Speckled Wood
Larval foodplants: Grasses
Parage aegeria
Speckled Wood
According to 'The Scientific Names of British Lepidoptera' by A. Maitland Emmett, Parage was coined by Hubner in 1819 from the Greek 'Para' meaning 'close to' and 'Arge' from 'White' - apparently from the relationship with the Marbled Whit
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Parage aegeria
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown > Maniola jurtina
Maniola jurtina
Meadow Brown
Larval foodplant: Grasses
Maniola jurtina
Meadow Brown
Marbled White > Melanargia galathea
Melanargia galathea
Marbled White
Larval foodplant: Red Fescue,
Sheep>s Fescue and other grasses
Melanargia galathea
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea
Marbled White