Butterfly Conservation
Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch
saving butterflies, moths and their habitats

The Satryridae family
(The Browns)

This page includes all the pictures of Browns photographed in Europe and shown on the Sightings page

Note: Photographs are accepted as being correctly identified by the named photographer and this website accepts no responsibility for misidentification. It is noted that some species can be found in Great Britain but are included as the photograph was taken in another European country. No details of distribution or status will be given.

Links to species on this page . . .
Marbled Ringlet (erebia montana)
Autumn Ringlet (erebia neoridas)
Small Heath (coenonympha pamphilus)
Dusky Heath (coenonympha dorus)
Pearly Heath (coenonympha arcania)
Marbled White (melanargia galathea)
Tree Grayling (neohipparchia statilinus)
Striped Grayling (pseudotergumia fidia)
Great Sooty Satyr (satyrus actaea)
Dryad (minois dryas)
False Grayling (arethusana arethusa)
Great Banded Grayling (kanetisa circe)
Arran Brown (erebia ligea)
Scotch Argus (erebia aethiops)
Wall Brown (lasiommata megera)
Lattice Brown (kirinia roxelana)
Photo House Index



Species Name

Scientific Name

Marbled Ringlet

erebia montana

Marbled Ringlet 2006 - Roger Gibbons

Le Boreon, Alpes Maritime
France
© photo: Roger Gibbons



Species Name

Scientific Name

Autumn Ringlet

erebia neoridas

Autumn Ringlet 2006 - Roger Gibbons

Col d'Allos, Alpes de Haute Provence
France
© photo: Roger Gibbons



Species Name

Scientific Name

Small Heath

coenonympha pamphilus

Small Heath 2006 - Bob Hasra


Lake Bohinj, Slovenia
© photo: Bob Hasra



Species Name

Scientific Name

Dusky Heath

coenonympha dorus

Dusky Heath 2006 - Roger Gibbons

Mons, Var
France
© photo: Roger Gibbons



Species Name

Scientific Name

Pearly Heath

coenonympha arcania

Pearly Heath 2006 - Bob Hasra

Pearly Heath 2006 - Roger Gibbons


Lake Bohinj, Slovenia
© photo: Bob Hasra
Col de Cabre, Drome
France
© photo: Roger Gibbons



Species Name

Scientific Name

Marbled White

melanargia galathea

Marbled White 2002 - Bob Hasra

Marbled White 2003 - Clive Burrows


Bulgaria
© photo: Bob Hasra
Maritime Alps
France
© photo: Clive Burrows



Species Name

Scientific Name

Tree Grayling

neohipparchia statilinus

Tree Grayling 2006 - Roger Gibbons

Mons, Var
France
© photo: Roger Gibbons



Species Name

Scientific Name

Striped Grayling

pseudotergumia fidia

Striped Grayling 2003 - Clive Burrows

Maritime Alps
France
© photo: Clive Burrows



Species Name

Scientific Name

Great Sooty Satyr

satyrus actaea

Great Sooty Satyr 2001 - Clive Burrows

Great Sooty Satyr 2006 - Roger Gibbons

Maritime Alps
France
© photo: Clive Burrows
Mons, Var
France© photo: Roger Gibbons



Species Name

Scientific Name

Dryad

minois dryas

Dryad 2003 - Clive Burrows

Maritime Alps
France
© photo: Clive Burrows





Species Name

Scientific Name

False Grayling

arethusana arethusa

False Grayling 2006 - Roger Gibbons

Mons, Var
France
© photo: Roger Gibbons



Species Name

Scientific Name

Great Banded Grayling

kanetisa circe

Great Banded Grayling 2003 - Clive Burrows

Great Banded Grayling 2003 - Richard Bigg


Maritime Alps
France
© photo: Clive Burrows
Provence
France
© photo: Richard Bigg




Species Name

Scientific Name

Arran Brown

erebia ligea

Arran Brown 2005 - Clive Burrows


French Alps
© photo: Clive Burrows






Species Name

Scientific Name

Scotch Argus

erebia aethiops

Scotch Argus 2002 - Roger Gibbons


Vercors National Park
France
© photo: Roger Gibbons






Species Name

Scientific Name

Wall Brown

lasiommata megera

Wall Brown 2006 - Trevor Chapman


Algarve
Portugal
© photo: Trevor Chapman





Species Name

Scientific Name

Lattice Brown

kirinia roxelana

Lattice Brown 2005 - Clive Burrows



Greece
© photo: Clive Burrows





Marbled Ringlet (erebia montana)
Autumn Ringlet (erebia neoridas)
Small Heath (coenonympha pamphilus)
Dusky Heath (coenonympha dorus)
Pearly Heath (coenonympha arcania)
Marbled White (melanargia galathea)
Tree Grayling (neohipparchia fatua)
Striped Grayling (pseudotergumia fidia)
Great Sooty Satyr (satyrus actaea)
Dryad (minois dryas)
False Grayling (arethusana arethusa)
Great Banded Grayling (kanetisa circe)
Arran Brown (erebia ligea)
Scotch Argus (erebia aethiops)
Wall Brown (lasiommata megera)
Lattice Brown (kirinia roxelana)
Photo House Index

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