Styrian ringlet

Styrian ringlet
Langham and Wheeler collection - Ulster Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Erebia
Species: E. stirius
Binomial name
Erebia stirius
(Godart, [1824])
Synonyms
  • Erebia nerine Freyer, 1831
  • Erebia styrius (Godart, [1824]) (lapsus)

The Styrian ringlet (Erebia stirius, often misspelled "styrius") is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is a mountain butterfly found in the Austrian and Italian Alps, Croatia and Slovenia.

Etymology: Styria is a state in Austria.

References

  1. "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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