Butterfly – Browns – Speckled wood – Pararge aegeria
The full taxonomy of Pararge aegeria is:-
- Class – Insecta
- Order – Lepidoptera
- Family – Satyridae
- Genus – Pararge
- Species – aegeria
The speckled wood lives in woodland and feeds on honeydew. If is well camouflaged in treetops, with its underside resembling a dead leaf.
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