Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Erebiini → genus Erebia → species Erebia epiphron

Species name(s)

Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783) = Papilio epiphron Knoch, 1783 = Erebia amisus Fruhstorfer 1910 = Erebia cebennica de Lesse 1947 = Erebia dispersa Eisner 1946 = Erebia fauveaui de Lesse 1947 = Erebia mackeri Fuchs 1914 = Erebia minor Popescu-Gorj 1952 = Erebia obsoleta Eisner 1946 = Erebia ornatissima Hormuzaki 1937 = Erebia privata Eisner 1946 = Erebia reducta Popescu-Gorj 1952 = Erebia retyezatensis Warren 1931 = Erebia valdeonica Hospital 1948. [9, 10, 187]

Mountain Ringlet.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

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October

November

December

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Isles, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, France (mainland) Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
В Германии, Швейцарии, Шотландии и в Пиренеях. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Окраска крыльев — бурая, с ржаво-красной перевязью у внешних краев, внутри перевязи (которая на задних крыльях распадается на ряд рыжих пятен) располагаются черные пятна, а внутри черных пятен — белые точки (последние — только у самок). Испод крыльев несколько светлее верхней стороны. [85].

Imago lifespan

Время лёта: июнь—сентябрь. [85].

General info about Larva

Гусеница Erebia epiphron зеленая, с желтой боковой полосой. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Gramineae. [28].

Subspecies of Erebia epiphron

Erebia epiphron clorinda Hartig, 1940. [187]
E. e. inalpina Warren, 1949. [187]
E. e. mixta de Lesse, 1951. [187]
E. e. roosi Arnscheid & Sterba, 1978. [187]
E. e. scotica Cooke, 1943. [187]
E. e. silesiana Meyer & Dür, 1852. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org