Erebia niphonica

Erebia niphonica is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly endemic to Japan, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.

Erebia niphonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Erebia
Species:
E. niphonica
Binomial name
Erebia niphonica
Janson, 1877[1]
Synonyms
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. assamana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yatsugadakeana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. komagadakeana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. shiroumana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yazawai Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia shinaensis Kanda & Fujimori, 1931
  • Erebia scoparia Butler, [1882]

The larva on feeds on Calamagrostis and Carex species.

Subspecies
  • E. n. niphonica (Sakhalin)
  • E. n. doii Nakahara, 1926 (Kuriles)
  • E. n. mikuniana Nakahara, 1942 (Japan)
  • E. n. mikudai Nakahara (Japan)
  • E. n. sakae Torii, 1945 (Japan)
  • E. n. okadai Torii, 1945 (Japan)
  • E. n. hayachineana Okano, 1954 (Japan)
  • E. n. sugitanii Shirôzu, 1957 (Japan)
  • E. n. shibutsuana Shirôzu, 1957 (Japan)
  • E. n. gassana Okano & Doi, 1957 (Japan: Honshu)
  • E. n. yakeishidakeana Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
  • E. n. shirahatai Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
  • E. n. asahidakeana Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
  • E. n. nyukasana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
  • E. n. tateyamana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
  • E. n. yoshisakana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
  • E. n. amarisana Murayama, 1964 (Japan)
  • E. n. togakusiana Murayama, 1964 (Japan)
  • E. n. expleta Churkin, 2005 (Sakhalin)
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References
  1. "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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