Yellow-banded ringlet
| Yellow-banded ringlet | |
|---|---|
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| Langham and Wheeler collection - Ulster Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. flavofasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Erebia flavofasciata Heyne, [1895] | |
The yellow-banded ringlet (Erebia flavofasciata) is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is a high mountain butterfly found in a small area of the Alps in Switzerland and Italy.
Its larval host plant is unknown. A Swiss subspecies, Erebia flavofasciata warreni, has been proposed.
References
- ↑ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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