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Dewy ringlet

Dewy ringlet
Erebia pandrose.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: E. pandrose
Binomial name
Erebia pandrose
(Borkhausen, 1788)
Synonyms
  • Erebia lappona

Erebia pandrose, the dewy ringlet, is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of the Nymphalidae family . It is found from the Arctic areas of northern Europe, the Pyrenees, Alps, the Apennine Mountains, the Carpathian Mountains, Kola Peninsula and Kanin Peninsula, part of the Ural and the Altai and Sayan Mountainss up to Mongolia.

The wingspan is 30–38 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae mainly feed on Festuca, Poa and Sesleria species.



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