Silky ringlet

Silky ringlet
Museum specimens.Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: Silky ringlet
Binomial name
Erebia gorge
Hübner ,1803-1804)

The silky ringlet (Erebia gorge) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high altitude butterfly found on screes in the Alps, Pyrenees, central Italy and the Balkans. It is a very variable butterfly.

Underside of Erebia gorge


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