Erebia lafontainei

Erebia lafontainei, the reddish alpine or Lafontaine's alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern North America from Alaska, Yukon, and western Northwest Territories as far east as Tuktoyuktuk.

Reddish alpine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species:
E. lafontainei
Binomial name
Erebia lafontainei
Troubridge & Philip, 1983[1]

The wingspan is 33–41 mm. Adults are on the wing from mid-June to late July.[2]

Similar species
  • Four-dotted alpine (E. youngi)
  • Scree alpine (E. anyuica)
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References
  1. "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Reddish Alpine (Erebia lanfontainei), Butterflies of Canada


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