Erebia niphonica

Erebia niphonica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Erebia
Species:	E. niphonica
Binomial name
*Erebia niphonica* Janson, 1877^[1]
Synonyms
Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. assamana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yatsugadakeana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. komagadakeana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. shiroumana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yazawai Matsumura, 1928 Erebia shinaensis Kanda & Fujimori, 1931 Erebia scoparia Butler, [1882]

Erebia niphonica is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly endemic to Japan, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands. The larva on feeds on Calamagrostis and Carex species.

Subspecies

E. n. niphonica (Sakhalin)
E. n. doii Nakahara, 1926 (Kuriles)
E. n. mikuniana Nakahara, 1942 (Japan)
E. n. mikudai Nakahara (Japan)
E. n. sakae Torii, 1945 (Japan)
E. n. okadai Torii, 1945 (Japan)
E. n. hayachineana Okano, 1954 (Japan)
E. n. sugitanii Shirôzu, 1957 (Japan)
E. n. shibutsuana Shirôzu, 1957 (Japan)
E. n. gassana Okano & Doi, 1957 (Japan: Honshu)
E. n. yakeishidakeana Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
E. n. shirahatai Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
E. n. asahidakeana Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
E. n. nyukasana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
E. n. tateyamana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
E. n. yoshisakana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
E. n. amarisana Murayama, 1964 (Japan)
E. n. togakusiana Murayama, 1964 (Japan)
E. n. expleta Churkin, 2005 (Sakhalin)

References

↑ Erebia funet.fi

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