Erebia cyclopius

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Erebia cyclopius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: E. cyclopius
Binomial name
Erebia cyclopius
(Eversmann, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Erebia cyclopia

Erebia cyclopius is a species of butterfly of the Satyrinae subfamily in the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the Ural to Siberia, northern Mongolia, northern China and North Korea.[1] The habitat consists of forest edges, flowery meadows and sparse larch forests.

The wingspan is 46-62 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to July.

The species overwinters in the larval stage.[3]

Subspecies

  • Erebia cyclopius cyclopius (southern Urals, central and southern Siberia, the Altai and Sayan Mountains, Transbaikalia)
  • Erebia cyclopius aporia Schawerda, 1919 (Amur, Ussuri)
  • Erebia cyclopius yoshikurana Kishida & Nakamura, 1941 (Sakhalin)

References

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