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Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Erebia pronoe (Esper, 1780) = Papilio pronoe Esper, 1780 = Erebia altissima Goltz 1930 = Erebia depuncta Schawerda 1924 = Erebia isabellina Goltz 1939 = Erebia nigra Schawerda 1942 = Erebia totonigra Verity 1953. [9, 10, 187]

Water Ringlet.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8691

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

  • Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • It is found in the Alps and mountainous areas of France and Hungary. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The top of the wings is black and brown. The rust-brown band on the forewings of the male is indistinct, while the female is noticeably wider and lighter. The band on the hind wings is three or four separate rust-red spots. Ocular spots, some of which have light cores, are always present on the forewings of pronoi, and on the hind wings they may sometimes be absent. The underside of the forewings is rust-brown, with a light band, the underside of the hindwings bears a purple-gray marble pattern and a dark brown median band. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Habitat: meadows and grassy cliffs. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Years from July to September. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The color of the caterpillar is dirty-reddish-yellow. The body of the larvae of Erebia pronoe is covered with yellowish hairs with black tips, and a black line runs along the back. Head-dirty, brown, with many dark dots. During the day, the caterpillars hide, but active nutrition is deployed only at night. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Gramineae. [28].
  • Мятлик. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Autumn and spring. [85].

Pupa

  • The pupa is yellowish-white. [85].

Subspecies of Erebia pronoe

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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