Woodland grayling

Hipparchia fagi
Brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Eyelet in the front wing.
Woodland graylingon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Top surface brown with a white band and one eye on the front wing. Underside has a wide, clear separated band on the rear wing and an eye on the front wing.

Mostly seen with closed wings on tree trunks, hardly ever on flowers.

⇔ wsp. 60-70 mm

LA: 
≈ The SATYRUS ACTAEA (Black satyr) is smaller but has a larger eye. And is especially to be found in rocky territory.
≈ The CHARAXES JASIUS (Two-tailed pasha) roasts the same fruit trees but has a red line instead of a white one in flight.

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