Water ringlet
Water ringlet | |
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Museum specimens.Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Erebia |
Species: | E. pronoe |
Binomial name | |
Erebia pronoe (Esper ,1780) | |
The water ringlet (Erebia pronoe) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high altitude (mainly between 900 and 2,800 meters) butterfly found in the Alps, Bavaria, Styria, Pyrenees, Carpathians and Bulgaria.
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Underside
The wingspan is 36–46 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in one generation.
The larvae feed on Festuca species.