Yellow-banded ringlet
Yellow-banded ringlet | |
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Museum specimen.Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Erebia |
Species: | E. flavofasciata |
Binomial name | |
Erebia flavofasciata Heyne ,1895) | |
The yellow-banded ringlet (Erebia flavofasciata) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high mountain butterfly found in a small area of the Alps in Switzerland and Italy.
Larval host plant is unknown. A Swiss subspecies, E. flavofasciata warreni, has been proposed.