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Pararge megera

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pararge megera is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about Pararge megera

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
3.8 cm – 4.7 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
February to November
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Poaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is Pararge megera?

PARARGE MEGERA · WINGSPAN 4.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.7 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the pararge megera is about 2.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Pararge megera live?

Not recorded

Is Pararge megera endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pararge megera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusPararge
  7. SpeciesPararge megera Linnaeus, 1767

Synonyms Dira megera, Lasiommata anticrassipuncta, Lasiommata elongata, Lasiommata latimargo, Lasiommata limbojuncta, Lasiommata maegera, Lasiommata megera, Lasiommata megera megera, Lasiommata megera paramegera, Lasiommata megera vividior, Lasiommata nongeminata, Lasiommata paramegaera, Lasiommata parvocellata, Lasiommata postannulata, Lasiommata postdisconulla, Lasiommata postreducta, Papilio megera, Papilio paramegaera, Papilio tigelius, Pararge addenda, Pararge aestiva, Pararge alberti, Pararge albescens, Pararge albipuncta, Pararge alticola, Pararge australis, Pararge bradanfelda, Pararge caledonia, Pararge castaneopicta, Pararge croesus, Pararge decorata, Pararge dentata, Pararge depulverata, Pararge depuncta, Pararge emilyssa, Pararge eutaeniata, Pararge festai, Pararge furialis, Pararge goodsoni, Pararge grandescens, Pararge herminia, Pararge impupillata, Pararge infracanens, Pararge infrapallens, Pararge infratersa, Pararge inocellata, Pararge intermedia, Pararge iranica, Pararge lugens, Pararge luteafilipluma, Pararge luteavividior, Pararge luteavividissima, Pararge lyssa, Pararge magnocellata, Pararge mediolugens, Pararge megaera, Pararge megaera tigelius, Pararge megaerina, Pararge megera vividior, Pararge melania, Pararge minor, Pararge ocellatior, Pararge paeninsulitalica, Pararge pallescens, Pararge pallida, Pararge pallidepulverata, Pararge paramegaera, Pararge parvopunctata, Pararge porrecta, Pararge posteropluriocellata, Pararge praeaustralis, Pararge pseudoadrasta, Pararge reducta, Pararge simplex, Pararge tigeliclara, Pararge tigeliiformis, Pararge tigelius, Pararge tigellina, Pararge tigelyssa, Pararge totenigrocellata, Pararge transcaspica, Pararge transfuscata, Pararge triocellata, Pararge triopes, Pararge viocellata, Pararge vividior, Pararge vividissima, Pararge xiphia, Satyrus maegera, Satyrus megaera

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • ruostepapurikkoFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pararge megera

Other species in the same genus Pararge.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Pararge megera?

An adult Pararge megera has a wingspan of 3.8 cm – 4.7 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is Pararge megera?

Pararge megera (Pararge megera) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pararge megera (Pararge megera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pararge-megera

MLA

“Pararge megera (Pararge megera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pararge-megera.

BibTeX
@misc{pararge_megera_2026,
  title = {Pararge megera (Pararge megera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pararge-megera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}