Gavarnie ringlet

Gavarnie 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. gorgone
Binomial name
Erebia gorgone
(Boisduval ,1832)

The Gavarnie ringlet (Erebia gorgone) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high-altitude butterfly found in France and Spain, notably at Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees National Park.

Adults are on wing in July and August.

The larvae feed on various Poa species. The species overwinters in the larval stage.


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