Water ringlet

Water ringlet
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.

Underside

The wingspan is 36–46 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in one generation.

The larvae feed on Festuca species.

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