Yellow-spotted ringlet
| Yellow-spotted ringlet | |
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| Specimens from Austria (Langham and Wheeler collection - Ulster Museum) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. manto |
| Binomial name | |
| Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
The yellow-spotted ringlet (Erebia manto) is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is associated with (sub)alpine meadows at 900-2,500 m above sea level. It is found in the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Mountains, the Massif Central, the Vosges Mountains, the Carpathian Mountains and the mountains of Herzegovina.
Subspecies pyrrhula Frey described as a species
It was first described from Wien (Vienna, Austria).
The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Festuca species, mainly Festuca rubra.
External links
- Lepiforum Photographs
- Fauna Europaea Distribution
- "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de
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