| Arctic Ringlet | |
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| Museum specimens.Langham collection.Ulster Museum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | Arctic Ringlet |
| Binomial name | |
| Erebia disa (Thunberg, 1791) |
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The Arctic Ringlet (Erebia disa) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is associated with wet muskeg and bogs in subarctic and arctic climates, and is often found near the tree-line. The larva winters twice.
It is found in Arctic Europe, Sajan, Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Yablonoi and Arctic North America.