Erebia sthennyo
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Erebia sthennyo is a species of butterfly from the noble butterfly family(Nymphalidae).
features
Erebia sthennyo is very similar to Erebia pandrose . Its eye-spots on the forewing upper side are closer to the outer edge. The dark disc line and cell lines are missing or poor. On the underside of the forewing, the basal and discal dark lines are missing or poor. The underside of the hind wings of the male is pale, almost uniformly gray, and unmarked. In the female it is gray-brown, the markings are indistinct or missing. The male genitals differ only slightly, but are constant.
distribution
The species occurs in Spain and France in the Pyrenees. In Spain it can be found in the Central Pyrenees at Puerto de Portalet, Monte Perdido and Puerto de Benasque, in France from the Pic du Midi d'Ossau to Pic du Midi de Bigorre and Luchon and from Port de Salau to Andorra. Erebia sthennyo lives at altitudes above 1800 meters.
Way of life
A generation is formed per year that flies from late June to early August. The habitat are slopes that are overgrown with grass and have rocky spots.
Systematics
Erebia sthennyo was described by Adolphe de Graslin in 1850. Type location is the area around Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the French Pyrenees.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07573-7 , p. 229 .
literature
- Ottokar Kudrna (Ed.): The Distribution Atlas of European Butterflies . 1st edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2002, ISBN 87-88757-56-0 (English).
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V. Scans of the first description
- Erebia sthennyo at Fauna Europaea
- Guy Padfield's European Butterfly Page (English)
- Erebia sthennyo inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M. & Settele, J., 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2014.