Erebia epipsodea

Erebia epipsodea, the common alpine, is a butterfly species of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America from Alaska south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico and east across the prairie provinces to southwest Manitoba.

Common alpine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Erebia
Species:
E. epipsodea
Binomial name
Erebia epipsodea
Butler, 1868[1]
Subspecies

Five, see text

Synonyms
  • Erebia sineocellata Skinner, 1889
  • Erebia brucei Elwes, 1889

The wingspan is 34–45 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to early August.[2]

The larvae feed on various grass species.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

  • E. e. epipsodea Butler, 1868 – eastern British Columbia and western Alberta
  • E. e. freemani Ehrlich, 1954 – eastern Alberta to Manitoba
  • E. e. hopfingeri Ehrlich, 1954
  • E. e. remingtoni Ehrlich, 1952 – northern British Columbia and Yukon
  • E. e. rhodia Edwards, 1871 – Colorado

Similar species
  • Vidler's alpine (E. vidleri)
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gollark: and it's lower time.

References
  1. "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Common Alpine (Erebia epipsodea) (Butler, 1868), Butterflies of Canada


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