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Sardinian meadow brown

Maniola nurag Ghilliani, 1852

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The sardinian meadow brown (Maniola nurag) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the sardinian meadow brown

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
3.6 cm – 4 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
flowers
Habitat
grassland, shrubland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
May, August
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Poaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the sardinian meadow brown?

SARDINIAN MEADOW BROWN · WINGSPAN 4 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the sardinian meadow brown is about 2.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the sardinian meadow brown live?

Not recorded

Is the sardinian meadow brown 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 the sardinian meadow brown classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusManiola
  7. SpeciesManiola nurag Ghilliani, 1852

Synonyms Maniola jurtinoides, Maniola tithonioides, Satyrus nurag

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Sardinisches OchsenaugeGerman
  • Sardijns bruin zandoogjeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sardinian meadow brown

Other species in the same genus Maniola.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the sardinian meadow brown?

An adult sardinian meadow brown has a wingspan of 3.6 cm – 4 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the sardinian meadow brown eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is the sardinian meadow brown?

The sardinian meadow brown (Maniola nurag) 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). Sardinian meadow brown (Maniola nurag). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sardinian-meadow-brown

MLA

“Sardinian meadow brown (Maniola nurag).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sardinian-meadow-brown.

BibTeX
@misc{sardinian_meadow_brown_2026,
  title = {Sardinian meadow brown (Maniola nurag)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sardinian-meadow-brown},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}