White speck ringlet
| White speck ringlet | |
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| Museum specimens.arete is a Junior homonym the valid name (next most senior) is claudina.Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. claudina |
| Binomial name | |
| Erebia claudina (Borkhausen ,1780) | |
The white speck ringlet (Erebia claudina) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high-altitude butterfly found only in the Austrian Alps.
The wingspan is 26–32 mm.
The larvae feed on Nardus stricta, Deschampsia cespitosa and Poa trivalis.
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