Erebia ligea

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Arran Brown
In France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: E. ligea
Binomial name
Erebia ligea
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Arran Brown (Erebia ligea) is a member of the Satyridae subfamily of Nymphalidae. This brown is widespread in southeastern and northern Europe. It prefers mixed woodlands at low altitudes. It is rarely seen on open areas.

Specimen from Oslo
Museum drawer of Erebia ligea, Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum
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