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Ottoman Brassy Ringlet
Erebia ottomana
Erebia ottomana is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Greece, Bulgaria, Balkans, Alps, Asia Minor) that belongs to the browns family.
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Description
Erebia ottomana H.-Schaff. (37 i) is the largest of all the tyndarus forms. Besides the two subapical ocelli the band of the forewing has further back 2 additional small ocelli which are either feebly centred with white or are quite blind. Hindwing beneath uniformly grey. From the Balcan Peninsula, Greece and Armenia, being lately often sold as balcanica .
Wikipedia: “Description from Seitz”
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