Erebia euryale
| Large ringlet | |
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| Two large ringlets feeding | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. euryale |
| Binomial name | |
| Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805) | |
Erebia euryale (large ringlet) is a member of the family Nymphalidae. It's a mid-altitude alpine species. It lives in spruce forest clearings and damp meadows within these. A separate lowland subspecies occurs in Russia.
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References
Bolotov I.N. 2012. The Fauna and Ecology of Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island. - Entomological Review 92(3): 296-304.
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