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  2. Erebia cassioides
Erebia cassioides(Reiner & Hochenwarth, 1792)
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Satyrinae
  3. Satyrini
  4. Erebiina
  5. Erebia
  6.  cassioides
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TL: Austria   (1600 - 2600 m.)

Habitat

  • Mountain meadows
  • Rocky meadows
  • Screes
  • Sunny mountainsides

Similar species

  • Erebia calcarius
  • Erebia hispania
  • Erebia tyndarus
MU
FU

32-38 mm

MD
FD
  • Austria
  • France
  • Italy
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    CatalàMuntanyesa griseta
    ČeskyOkáč lesknavý
    DeutschSchillernder Mohrenfalter
    EnglishCommon Brassy Ringlet
    EnglishWestern Brassy Ringlet
    FrançaisMoiré lustré
    NederlandsGewone glanserebia
    ShqipZioshja kasiodes
    SrpskiZelenkasta erebija
    SuomeksiRinnenokiperhonen
    ΕλληνικάΟρεινή ερέβια
    РусскийЧернушка кассиоидес
    УкраїнськаГірняк австрійський
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    PoaceaeFestuca ovinaSheep's Fescue
    PoaceaePoaceaeGrasses
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Papilio cassioidesReiner & Hochenwarth, 1792
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    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.

Alain CossonFrance

Female, upperside.

Roger GibbonsFrance, Parc national des Pyrénées

Adult, underside.

Alain CossonFrance

Adult, underside.

Pascal DuboisItaly, Villavallelonga
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