Erebia alberganus

Almond ringlet
Feeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: E. alberganus
Binomial name
Erebia alberganus
(Prunner, 1798)[1]

The almond ringlet or almond-eyed ringlet (Erebia alberganus) is a member of the Nymphalidae family. It resembles a woodland ringlet but has smaller eyespots. Its wingspan is 40 mm. It resides is principally an alpine regions of France, Italy, Switzerland, and Austria also from the mountains of central Italy and some mountains of the northern Balkans.[2]

References

  1. Erebia, funet.fi
  2. Almond Eyed Ringlet, European Butterflies

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