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Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)

Имаго (Erebia epiphron)

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.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8662

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Имаго (Erebia epiphron)

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].
  • In Germany, Switzerland, Scotland and the Pyrenees. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The color of the wings is brown, with a rusty-red band at the outer edges, inside the band (which on the hind wings breaks up into a series of red spots) there are black spots, and inside the black spots there are white dots (the latter are only in females). The underside of the wings is slightly lighter than the upper side. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Summer time: June-September. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillar of Erebia epiphron is green, with a yellow lateral stripe. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Gramineae. [28].

Subspecies of Erebia epiphron

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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