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Erebia

Erebia is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, family Nymphalidae. Most of the about 90–100 species (see also below) are dark brown or black in color, with reddish-brown to orange or more rarely yellowish wing blotches or bands. These usually bear black spots within, which sometimes have white center spots.

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10 branches of this group, most-observed first

Scotch Argus

speciesErebia aethiops

Arran Brown

speciesErebia ligea

Woodland Ringlet

speciesErebia medusa

Piedmont Ringlet

speciesErebia meolans

Almond Ringlet

speciesErebia albergana

Water ringlet

speciesErebia pronoe

Mountain Ringlet

speciesErebia epiphron

de Prunner's Ringlet

speciesErebia triarius

Sooty Ringlet

speciesErebia pluto

Spring Ringlet

speciesErebia epistygne

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1456715.