Lopinga achine

Woodland brown
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lopinga
Species: L. achine
Binomial name
Lopinga achine
(Scopoli, 1763)

Lopinga achine, the woodland brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species is widely distributed, but uncommon and local in continental Europe. Most of the suitable habitats for the species have been transformed to gardening. The woodland brown may be found in warm openings of damp unmanaged mature forests.

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