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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Erebia meolans
Erebia meolans(Prunner, 1798)
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Satyrinae
  3. Satyrini
  4. Erebiina
  5. Erebia
  6.  meolans
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TL:   (600 - 2300 m.)

Habitat

  • Glades

Similar species

  • Erebia alberganus
  • Erebia medusa
  • Erebia palarica
  • Erebia triarius
MU
FU

38-54 mm

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Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    CatalàMuntanyesa comuna
    DeutschGelbbindiger Mohrenfalter
    EnglishPiedmont Ringlet
    EspañolMontañesa de Banda Larga
    FrançaisMoiré des fétuques
    SuomeksiLäntinen nokiperhonen
    РусскийЧернушка меоланс
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    PoaceaeAgrostisBent
    PoaceaeDeschampsia flexuosaWavy Hair-grass
    PoaceaeFestuca ovinaSheep's Fescue
    PoaceaeNardus strictaMatgrass
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Papilio meolansPrunner, 1798
    Erebia pyrenaicaRühl, 1894
    Erebia valesiacaElwes, 1898
    Erebia bejarensisChapman, 1902
    Erebia aboculaFavre, 1903
    Erebia calaritasFruhstorfer, 1918
    Erebia bodenmanniVorbrodt, 1928
    Erebia thuringiacaHoltz, 1930
    Erebia albiligataHoltz, 1939
    Erebia rieliTestout, 1948
    Erebia meolansellaVérity, 1953
    Erebia olivaceofasciataVérity, 1953
  • Links
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    euroButterfliesMatt Rowling
    European Butterfly PageGuy Padfield
    Lepidoptera and their ecologyWolfgang Wagner
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North AfricaPaolo Mazzei
    Schmetterling - RaupeWalter Schön
    The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Adult, upperside.

Juha TyllinenFrance

Female, upperside.

Alain CossonFrance

Adult, upperside.

Pascal DuboisFrance, Loire-sur-Rhône

Adult, underside.

Alain CossonFrance

Adult, underside.

Pascal DuboisFrance, Loire-sur-Rhône
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