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Erebia mackinleyensis

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Mt. McKinley alpine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species:
E. mackinleyensis
Binomial name
Erebia mackinleyensis
Gunder, 1932[1]
Synonyms
  • Erebia magdalena mackinleyensis

Erebia mackinleyensis, the Mt. McKinley alpine, is a butterfly in the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from eastern Siberia through Alaska and Yukon, just reaching into the Northwest Territories in the Richardson Mountains and into British Columbia at Stone Mountain Provincial Park.

The wingspan is 41–53 mm. Adults are on the wing in late June and July.[2] Its habitats include alpine scree and boulder fields.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Erebia magdalena Strecker, 1880" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Mt. McKinley Alpine (Erebia mackinleyensis), Butterflies of Canada
  3. ^ "Erebia mackinleyensis". explorer.natureserve.org.