Eriphyle ringlet

Eriphyle ringlet
Museum specimens from Austria and Switzerland. Langham and Wheeler collection. Ulster Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: E. eriphyle
Binomial name
Erebia eriphyle
(Freyer 1836)

The eriphyle ringlet (Erebia eriphyle) is a member of the Satyridae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high mountain butterfly found in the Alps.


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