---
title: "Przestrojnik jurtina"
description: "Maniola jurtina — Owady i pająki. The meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) is a butterfly found in the Palearctic realm."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/meadow-brown
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Przestrojnik jurtina

> Maniola jurtina — Owady i pająki. The meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) is a butterfly found in the Palearctic realm.

- Scientific name: *Maniola jurtina*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 119160
- Wikidata: [Q754668](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754668)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55653](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55653)

## Names

- en: Meadow Brown
- de: Großes Ochsenauge
- es: Loba
- fr: Myrtil
- nl: Bruin zandoogje
- pl: Przestrojnik jurtina

## Countries with the most observations

GB (25408), DE (14483), FR (12002), IT (8684), ES (6997), AT (5986), DK (5106), CZ (3848), PT (3694), PL (2490), RU (2285), NL (1740)

## Summary

The meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) is a butterfly found in the Palearctic realm. Its range includes Europe south of 62°N, Russia eastwards to the Urals, Asia Minor, Iraq, Iran, North Africa and the Canary Islands. The larvae feed on grasses.

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

## Photo

![Przestrojnik jurtina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/meadow-brown/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris Raper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30604940

## Machine access

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