Yellow-spotted ringlet
| Yellow-spotted ringlet | |
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| Museum specimens. Austria..Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. manto |
| Binomial name | |
| Erebia manto (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
The yellow-spotted ringlet (Erebia manto) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is associated with (sub)alpine meadows at 900-2,500 m a.s.l. It is found in the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Mountains, the Massif Central, the Vosges Mountains, the Carpathian Mountains and the mountains of Herzegovina.
subspecies pyrrhula Frey described as a species.
It was first described from "Wien" (Vienna, Austria).
The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Festuca species, mainly Festuca rubra.
External links
- Lepiforum Photographs.
- Fauna Europaea Distribution.
- funet.fi
- schmetterlinge-deutschlands.de
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