wall brown

noun

wall brown

noun

1

An orange and brown butterfly (Lasiommata megera), of the family Nymphalidae.

Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper (35%).2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian:

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