Larche ringlet

Larche 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. scipio
Binomial name
Erebia scipio
(Boisduval ,1832)

The Larche ringlet (Erebia scipio) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high mountain butterfly found in the Alps of France and Italy.


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