White speck ringlet
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| As E. arete, a junior homonym of the valid name. From the Langham and Wheeler collection at the Ulster Museum. | |
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| Species: | E. claudina
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| Erebia claudina (Borkhausen, 1780)
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The white speck ringlet (Erebia claudina) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high-altitude butterfly found only in the Austrian Alps.[1]
The wingspan is 26–32 mm.
The larvae feed on Nardus stricta, Deschampsia cespitosa and Poa trivalis.
References
- ^ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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