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Erebia melampus (Fuessly, 1775)

Имаго (Erebia melampus)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Erebia melampus (Fuessly, 1775) = Papilio melampus Fuessly, 1775 = Erebia lioranus de Lesse 1947 = Erebia luteofasciata Goltz 1939 = Erebia radnaensis Rebel 1915. [9, 10, 187]

Lesser Mountain Ringlet.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8676

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

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

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland. [1].
  • Austria, Germany, Italy (mainland), Liechtenstein, France (mainland), Switzerland. [10].
  • Its range includes the Alps, Carpathians, and Pyrenees. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • It is similar in appearance to Erebia epiphron, but differs in that the spots on the underside of the hindwings are all the same size and all with black dots. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • July. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Gramineae. [28].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photo: Diego Reggianti.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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