| Wall brown | |
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| Male Sorrento Peninsula, Italy | |
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| Male Pewsey Downs, Wiltshire, UK | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Lasiommata |
| Species: | L. megera
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| Binomial name | |
| Lasiommata megera | |
Chemnitz, Germany
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Scratchbury and Cotley Hills SSSI, Wiltshire
Lasiommata megera, the wall[1] 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.