Small Mountain Ringlet
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Museum specimens.French Alps.
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Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783) |
The Small Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is a mid-altitude alpine species. It lives in pine forest clearings and dry meadows within these. A separate subspecies occurs in Britain.