Silky Ringlet

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Silky Ringlet
Museum specimens.Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum.
Museum specimens.Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Erebia
Species: Silky Ringlet
Binomial name
Erebia gorge
Hübner ,1803-1804)

The Silky Ringlet (Erebia gorge) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high altitude butterfly found on screes in the Alps , Pyrenees , central Italy and the Balkans. It is a very variable butterfly.


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