Dusky meadow brown
Hyponephele lycaon
The dusky meadow brown is a brown butterfly of sunny meadows. It lives in a very long stripe of land, from Portugal all the way across to the far east of Russia. You can see it flying in summer.
Lives in
Europe and Asia, from Portugal to the Russian Far East
Wingspan
4 cm (1.6 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The butterfly sips nectar from flowers. Its caterpillars eat different kinds of grass.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 32 seconds
How big is Dusky meadow brown compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Dusky meadow brown about 12 km/h (7.5 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It flies from June to August, depending on where it lives.
2
Its caterpillars are not picky about grass and eat many different kinds.
3
With open wings it measures about 4 cm across.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dusky meadow brown
?What does the dusky meadow brown eat?
The butterfly drinks nectar from flowers, and its caterpillars eat grasses.
?Where does the dusky meadow brown live?
In Europe and Asia, from Portugal in the west to the far east of Russia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hyponephele lycaon
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Hyponephele lycaon (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Lfavretto. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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