---
title: "Arran Brown"
description: "Erebia ligea — Insetti e ragni. Erebia ligea, the Arran brown, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/arran-brown
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arran Brown

> Erebia ligea — Insetti e ragni. Erebia ligea, the Arran brown, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Erebia ligea*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 8963
- Wikidata: [Q937995](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937995)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62381](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62381)

## Names

- en: Arran Brown
- de: Weißbindiger Mohrenfalter
- fr: Moiré blanc-fascié
- nl: Boserebia
- pl: Górówka boruta

## Countries with the most observations

FI (1397), DE (812), FR (761), NO (693), RU (603), IT (541), AT (446), SE (409), CZ (354), CH (353), RO (73), BG (69)

## Summary

Erebia ligea, the Arran brown, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. This brown is widespread in south-eastern and northern Europe. It prefers mixed woodlands at low altitudes. It is rarely seen in open areas. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, and the type locality is Sweden.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erebia_ligea

## Photo

![Arran Brown](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arran-brown/medium.jpg)

Photo: uusijani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55035702

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/arran-brown?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).