---
title: "Wall Brown"
description: "Lasiommata megera — Insetti e ragni. Lasiommata megera, the wall or wall brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (subfamily Satyrinae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/wall-brown
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wall Brown

> Lasiommata megera — Insetti e ragni. Lasiommata megera, the wall or wall brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (subfamily Satyrinae).

- Scientific name: *Lasiommata megera*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 46680
- Wikidata: [Q1434652](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1434652)
- iNaturalist taxon: [147298](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/147298)

## Names

- en: Wall Brown
- de: Mauerfuchs
- es: Saltacercas
- fr: Mégère
- nl: Argusvlinder
- pl: Osadnik megera

## Countries with the most observations

IT (8195), ES (7366), FR (6958), GB (3815), DE (2293), AT (1645), DK (1636), PT (1372), GR (1119), CZ (1043), HR (939), CH (579)

## Summary

Lasiommata megera, the wall or wall brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (subfamily Satyrinae). It is widespread in the Palearctic realm with a large variety of habitats and number of generations a year.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ben Deed · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82578086

## Machine access

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