Erebia pandrose

Erebia pandrose
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: E. pandrose
Binomial name
Erebia pandrose
(Borkhausen, 1788)
Synonyms
  • Erebia lappona

The dewy ringlet (Erebia pandrose) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is found from the arctic areas of northern Europe, den Pyrenees, Alps, the Apennine Mountains, the Carpathian Mountains, Kola Peninsula and Kanin Peninsula, part of the Ural and the Altai- and Sayan Mountainss up to Mongolia.

Underside

The wingspan is 30–38 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae mainly feed on Festuca, Poa and Sesleria species.

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References

Bolotov I.N. 2012. The Fauna and Ecology of Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island. - Entomological Review 92(3): 296-304.


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