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Erebia Dalman, 1816
Nokiperhoset Arguses
Erebia Dalman, 1816; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm 1816 (1): 58, TS: Papilio ligea Linnaeus
Syngea Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 62, TS: Papilio pronoe Esper
Epigea Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 62, TS: Papilio ligea Linnaeus
Phorcis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 62, TS: Phorcis epistygne Hübner
Marica Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 63, TS: Papilio stygne Ochsenheimer
Gorgo Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 64, TS: Papilio ceto Hübner
Atercoloratus Bang-Haas, 1938; Ent. Zeit. 52 (22): 178, TS: Coenonympha alini Bang-Haas
= ; [Wahlberg]
Triariia Verity, 1953; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 186, TS: Papilio triarius Prunner
Truncaefalcia Verity, 1953; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 188, TS: Papilio aethiops Esper
Medusia Verity, 1953; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 179, TS: Papilio medusa Denis & Schiffermüller
Simplicia Verity, 1953; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 194 (preocc. Simplicia Guenée, 1854), TS: Papilio epiphron Knoch
Erebia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
 Erebia (Erebiina) ; [Wahlberg]
fiErebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)
EU, AN, AC, Kamchatka, Japan. See [About maps] Metsänokiperhonen Arran Brown Skogsgräsfjäril Skogssotfjäril Milchfleck Górówka boruta
Papilio ligea Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 473, TL: Sweden
Erebia ligea, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Erebia ligea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Erebia ligea, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia ligea, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Erebia ligea, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Erebia ligea, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia ligea, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Erebia ligea, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Erebia ligea ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 14]; [BRU, 202]; [MRS, 407]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[ligea-1.jpg] 600x411 (~29Kb) FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 18.8.1996, Photo © Markku Savela [ligea-2.jpg] 500x454 (~26Kb) Finland, Joutseno, 7/1995, Photo © Tero Piirainen [ligea-3u.jpg] 500x380 (~20Kb) upperside Finland, Sotkamo, Pihlajapuro, 7/1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen
[ligea-3um.jpg] 600x480 (~40Kb) upperside male Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 6820:330, 13.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen [ligea-4um.jpg] 600x418 (~31Kb) upperside male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela [ligea-5um.jpg] 600x506 (~31Kb) upperside male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela
[ligea-5v.jpg] 700x587 (~56Kb) underside FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela [ligea-6v.jpg] 600x800 (~68Kb) underside Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 26.7.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg [ligea.jpg] 481x676 (~82Kb)

Larva on Gramineae, Milium effusum, Deschampsia caespitosa [SPRK], Digitaria, Calamagrostis, Panicum, Poa, Carex, (etc) [BRU] Deyeuxia spp., Calamagrostis villosa var. langsdorffii, Carex incisa [MRS]


E. l. dovrensis Strand, 1902
E. l. herculeana Warren, 1931
E. l. kamensis Krulikovsky, 1909
uralensis Sheljuzhko, 1925; (praeocc.)
Erebia ligea kamensis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
E. l. eumonia Ménétriés, 1959
Altai - Magadan Erebia eumonia Ménétriés, 1959; : 216
Erebia ligea eumonia ; [Oleg Kosterin]; [BRU2, 215]
Misidentified/misapplied:
ajanensis; auct.
[eumonia-1mu.jpg] 533x400 (~56Kb) upperside male The left bank of the Koksu River 2 km of its junction with the Dzhazatr River, 1600 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy moutain range, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 24th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [eumonia-1mv.jpg] 533x400 (~52Kb) underside male The left bank of the Koksu River 2 km of its junction with the Dzhazatr River, 1600 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy moutain range, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 24th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

E. l. takanonis Matsumura, 1909
Erebia ligea takanonis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia ligea takakonis ; [BRU2, 215]
E. l. sachaliensis Matsumura, 1928
Erebia ligea sachalinensis ; [BRU2, 215]
E. l. rishirizana Matsumura, 1928
Erebia ligea rishirizana, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia ligea rishirizana ; [BRU2, 215]
E. l. wutaishana Murayama
Erebia ligea wutaishana ; [MRS, 407]
Erebia ajanensis Ménétriés, 1857
N.Korea, N.China, .... See [About maps] Erebia ajanensis Ménétriés, 1857; Cat. lep. Petersb. 2: 104, TL: Ajan [Ayan, N.Amur]
Erebia ajanensis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia ligea ajanensis ; [MRS, 407]
Erebia ajanensis ; [BRU2: 215, pl. 83, f. 13-15]
E. a. ajanensis
N.Amur Erebia ajanensis ajanensis ; [BRU2, 215]
E. a. arsenjevi Kurentzov, 1950
Ussuri Erebia ajanensis arsenjevi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia ligea arsenjevi ;
Erebia ajanensis arsenjevi ; [BRU2, 215]
E. a. kosterini P. Gorbunov, Korshunov & Dubatolov, 1995
Magadan (Koni Peninsula) Erebia kosterini Gorbunov & Korshunov, 1995; Dnevnye babochki Aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik.: 123, TL: Koni Peninsula, Magadan
Erebia ajanensis kosterini, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia kostenini ; [BARU, #244]
Erebia ajanensis kosterini ; [BRU2, 215]
fiErebia euryale (Esper, 1805)
Cantabrian, Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians, Balkans, Urals, Altai. See [About maps] Large Ringlet Liten skogsgräsfjäril Górówka euriala
Papilio euryale Esper, 1805; Die Schmett., Th I, Suppl. Th. 2 (11): pl. 118, f. 2-3, TL: Sudety Mts., Czech Republic
uralensis Goltz, 1930
iremelica Korshunov, 1995
?euryaloides Tengström, 1869
Erebia euryale euryale, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Erebia euryale, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Erebia euryale, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia euryale, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia euryale, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
 Erebia euryale ; [BRU, 202]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Digitaria, Milium, Festuca [BRU]

E. e. euryale
Erebia adyte syrmia Fruhstorfer, 1909; Int. ent. Zs. 3 (24): 134 (11 September), TL: Bosnia, Trebevic
syrmia ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 30
Erebia arctica R. Poppius, 1906
N.European Russia. See [About maps] Erebia arctica R. Poppius, 1906; , TL: Kanin Peninsula, Arkhangelsk Region
Erebia boreomontanum Sedykh, 1979
Erebia arctica ; [BRU, 202]
E. a. flaveoides Korshunov & Tatarinov, 1996
Polar Urals
Erebia jeniseiensis Trybom, 1877
Altai, Tuva, N.Mongolia - S.Siberia - Sakhalin, Magadan region. See [About maps] Erebia jeniseiensis Trybom, 1877; Öfvers. K. Vetensk. Akad. Förh. 6: 46, TL: Krasnoyarsk
Erebia jeniseiensis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia jeniseiensis ; [BRU, 203]; [BARU, #243]; [Otakar Kudrna]
E. j. fasciola Warren, 1931
Altai altaica Goltz, 1930; (praeocc)
minima Goltz, 1930; (infrasubsp.)
[fasciola-1u.jpg] 1188x748 (~228Kb) upperside A subalpine larch parkland on the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

E. j. septentrionalis Esaki & Hori, 1929
Sakhalin
Erebia eriphyle (Freyer, 1836)
Alps. See [About maps] Eriphyle Ringlet Ähnlicher Mohrenfalter
Hipparchia eriphyle Freyer, 1836; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 2 : 150, pl. 187, f. 3-4
Erebia eriphyle, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia eriphyle, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
 Erebia eriphyle ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia manto ([Schiffermüller], 1775)
Alps, Styria, Tatra, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Dolomites. See [About maps] Yellow-spotted Ringlet Gelbgeflecter Mohrenfalter Górówka manto
Papilio manto [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 169, TL: Vienna, Austria
Erebia manto, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Erebia manto, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia manto ; [BRU, 203]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae [H&R]

E. m. trajanus Hormuzaki, 1895
Mt. Goverla karpathica Miller, 1928
Erebia claudina (Borkhausen, 1789)
Alps. See [About maps] White Speck Ringlet Weißpunktierter Mohrenfalter
claudina (Borkhausen, 1789); Naturges. Eur. Schmett., 2: 204
arete (Fabricius, 1787)
Erebia claudina ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae, Aira caespitosa [H&R]

Erebia flavofasciata Heyne, [1895]
Alps. See [About maps] Yellow-Banded Ringlet
Erebia flavofasciata Heyne, [1895]; in Rühl, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte 1 (Tagfalter): 805
Erebia flavofasciata, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia flavofasciata ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae, Festuca ovina [H&R]

Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
Pyrenees, Alps, Balkans, Apennines, Bulgaria. See [About maps] Mountain Ringlet Mohrenfalter Górówka epifron
Papilio epiphron Knoch, 1783; Beitr. Insektengesch. 3: 131, pl. 6, f. 7
Erebia epiphron, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Erebia epiphron, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia epiphron ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 11]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[epiphron-u.jpg] 450x341 (~66Kb) upperside Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Gramineae, Deschampsia caespitosa [H&R]


E. e. silesiana Meyer & Dür, 1852
Erebia epiphron silesiana ; Kuras, Benes, Konvicka & Honc, 2001, Atalanta 32 (1/2): 190, pl. XII, f. 2, 6 (larva)

Larva on Festuca supina, Avenella flexuosa Kuras, Benes, Konvicka & Honc, 2001, Atalanta 32 (1/2): 193

Erebia orientalis Elwes, 1900
SEEU. See [About maps] Erebia epiphron var. orientalis Elwes, 1900; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 48 (2): 199-200, TL: Bulgaria, Rila Mts., Maritsa Valley, 6000ft
orientalis ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 30
Erebia orientalis ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Formerly ssp. of E. epiphron

Erebia serotina Descimon & de Lesse, 1954
Pyrenees. See [About maps] Descimon's Ringlet
Erebia serotina Descimon & de Lesse, 1954; Rev. fr. Lep. 14: 119
Erebia serotina ; [Otakar Kudrna]
[serotina-1.jpg] 625x449 (~84Kb) Cauterets (65), pont del Raillère, 6-IX-1970, Photo © B. Lalanne-Cassou leg.

A hybrid Erebia epiphron × Erebia manto?


Erebia christi Rätzer, 1890
Alps. See [About maps] Raetzer's Ringlet
Erebia christi Rätzer, 1890; Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges. 8: 220
Erebia christi, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia christi ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Festuca ovina [H&R]

Erebia pharte (Hübner, [1803-1804])
Alps, Tatra. See [About maps] Blind Ringlet Unpunktierter Mohrenfalter Górówka farte
Papilio pharte Hübner, [1803-1804]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] (Ziefer?): 33
Papilio pharte Esper, 1805; Die Schmett., Th I, Suppl. Th. 2 (11): 17, pl. 120, f. 3-4
Erebia pharte, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
 Erebia pharte ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia kefersteini (Eversmann, 1851)
Altai, Sayan, Tuva, N.Mongolia. See [About maps] kefersteini (Eversmann, 1851); Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (2): 610, TL: E.Siberia
Erebia kefersteini ; [BRU, 203]
Erebia kefersteinii ;
[kefersteini-1mu.jpg] 528x361 (~21Kb) upperside male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [kefersteini-1mux.jpg] 514x381 (~19Kb) upperside male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998 (on _Bistorta bistora), Photo © Oleg Kosterin [kefersteini-1muy.jpg] 600x429 (~62Kb) upperside male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998 (on _Bistorta bistora), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[kefersteini-1mv.jpg] 400x421 (~32Kb) underside male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998 (on Bistorta bistorta), Photo © Oleg Kosterin [kefersteini-2x.jpg] 404x616 (~13Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of an anonimous rivulet between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [kefersteini-2y.jpg] 684x845 (~85Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1998 (on Allium schoenoprasum, prepared themselves to overnighting), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[kefersteini-2z.jpg] 442x574 (~22Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of an anonimous rivulet between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 16th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

E. k. kholsunica Lukhtanov, 1990
Erebia kindermanni Staudinger, 1881
Altai. See [About maps] Erebia kindermanni Staudinger, 1881; Stett. ent. Ztg 42: 269, TL: Altai
Erebia kindermanni ; [BRU, 204]
[kindermanni-1mu.jpg] 400x300 (~27Kb) upperside male An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 19th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [kindermanni-2mu.jpg] 314x300 (~22Kb) upperside male An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 19th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

E. k. sarytavica Lukhtanov, 1990
S.Altai
Erebia brimo (Böber, 1809)
E.Kazkhstan (mountains), S.Siberia, Mongolia (Tarbagatai, Altai - Baikal). See [About maps] brimo (Böber, 1809); , TL: Lake Baikal
Papilio maurisius Esper, [1803]; Die Schmett., Suppl. Th 1 (10): 106 (1803-1804), pl. 113, f. 4-5
Erebia brimo; [BARU, #263]
Erebia maurisius ; Lukhtanov & Lukhtanov, 1994; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 16]; [BRU, 204]; [BRU2: pl. 84, f. 16-18]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Erebia maurisius maurisius (= Erebia stubbendorfi); [BRU: pl. 50, f. 10-12]

There is some contention about what is the correct name for this species, maurisius or brimo.

E. b. elwesi Staudinger, 1901
Altai Erebia elwesi Staudinger, 1901; , TL: Altai
Erebia brimo elwesi ; [Oleg Kosterin]
Erebia elwesi ; [BARU, #264]
Erebia maurisius elwesi ; Warren, 1936
[elwesi-1mu.jpg] 907x610 (~108Kb) upperside male A dry rocky southern slope of a ridge between the headwaters of the Chikty Rivulet, 2700 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998 (on Juniperus pseudosabina), Photo © Oleg Kosterin [elwesi-1mv.jpg] 400x300 (~32Kb) underside male A southern steppefied slope of the mountain on the Chuya River right bank between the villages Kurai and Chagan-Uzun, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Erebia stubbendorfi Ménétriés, 1846
Altai, Sayan. See [About maps] Erebia stubbendorfi Ménétriés, 1846; Bull. Acad. Imp. Soc. St-Pétersbourg, 5: 262, TL: Kansk [Kansk, Siberia, Russia]
Erebia connexa Warren, 1930; , TL: Tuva
Erebia stubbendorfi; [BRU2: 216]
Erebia pawlowskii Ménétriés, 1859
Sayan, N.Mongolia - Yakutia - Kamchatka, N.America. See [About maps] Erebia pawlowskii Ménétriés, 1859; Bull. phys.-math. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb., 17: 217, TL: Great Sibagly River basin, Yakutia
herzi Christoph, 1889
Erebia pawlowskii, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia pawlowskii ; [BRU, 204]; [Opler]
Erebia pawloswkyi ; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 16 (text only)]

Larva on Carex spp., (in N.America) [BRU, Scott, 1986]

E. p. sajana Staudinger, 1894
E.Sayan Mts.
Erebia melampus (Fuessli, 1775)
Alps. See [About maps] Lesser Mountain Ringlet Kleiner Mohrenflater
Papilio melampus Fuessli, 1775; : 31?, pl. 1, f. 6
Erebia melampus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia melampus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Erebia melampus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Erebia melampus ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae, Poa annua [H&R]

Erebia sudetica Staudinger, 1861
fr, Carpathians, Tatra, Altwater, Retezat. See [About maps] Sudeten Ringlet Górówka sudecka
Erebia sudetica Staudinger, 1861; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lep. (ed. 1): 10
Erebia sudetica, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Erebia sudetica, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia sudetica ; [Otakar Kudrna]
E. s. sudetica
Erebia sudetica sudetica ; Kuras, Benes, Konvicka & Honc, 2001, Atalanta 32 (1/2): 188, pl. XII, f. 1, 5 (larva)

Larva on Festuca supina, less Deschampsia caespitosa Kuras, Benes, Konvicka & Honc, 2001, Atalanta 32 (1/2): 188

Erebia aethiops (Esper, 1777)
fr, Alps, Germany, Balkans, Apennines, Asia Minor, Urals, Caucasus, Sajan. See [About maps] Scotch Argus Hundsgrassfalter Le Grand Nègre Hundäxingfjäril Górówka medea
Papilio aethiops Esper, 1777; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (9): 312 (1779), (5): pl. 25 (1777), f. 30, TL: S.Germany
Erebia aethiops, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia aethiops, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia aethiops, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Erebia aethiops, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Erebia aethiops ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 9]; [BRU, 201]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[aethiops-1mfv.jpg] 500x517 (~69Kb) underside male female Glen Fhinnlaidh, Scotland 26/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes [aethiops-1u.jpg] 500x353 (~67Kb) upperside Glen Fhinnlaidh, Scotland 26/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes [aethiops-2fv.jpg] 510x400 (~35Kb) underside female A fir/lime forest on a ridge in the Malyi Tesh and Bolshoi Tesh Rivers interfluve 8 km E of the village Kuzedeevo, the famous "lime-tree island" of the forest of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., piedmonts of the Gornaya Shoria Mts., Novokuznetsk District, Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Gramineae, Dactylis, Poa annua [H&R], Agrostis [BRU]


E. a. aethiops
ligea Poda, 1761; (praeocc.)
sapaudia Fruhstorfer, 1917
altaica Goltz, 1930
uralensis Goltz, 1930; (praeocc.)
E. a. melusina Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]
Caucasus melusina Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (26): (ii) f. 373-374
melusina Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (48): 10
Erebia neriene (Böber, 1809)
S.Altai - S.Siberia - Ussuri, N.China, Korea. See [About maps] neriene (Böber, 1809); Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosco 2: 307
Erebia neriene ; [BRU, 201]; [MRS, 407]
[neriene-1fu.jpg] 533x400 (~44Kb) upperside female A mossy larch forest in the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [neriene-1mv.jpg] 300x400 (~26Kb) underside male A steppefied southern left slope of the Budyumkan River valley 5 km of its confluence with the Argun' River 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Calamagrostis, Dactylis, Poa, Festuca, Carex [BRU, Kogure, Iwamoto, 1992]


E. n. neriene Böber, 1809
Altai, Sayan, Transbaikalia sedakovii Eversmann, 1847
sajanensis Warren, 1931
E. n. alcmenides Sheljuzhko, 1919
Amur, Ussur septorientalis Goltz, 1934
Erebia niphonica Janson, 1877
Japan, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands. See [About maps] Erebia niphonica Janson, 1877; Cistula ent. 2: 153, TL: Mt. Asama-Yama, 2800 m, Japan
Erebia niphonica ; [BRU, 201]

Larva on Carex, Calamagrostis [BRU, Fukuda et al., 1983]

E. n. niphonica Janson, 1877
Sakhalin scoparia Butler, 1881
E. n. doii Nakahara, 1926
Kuriles
Erebia alcmena Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
Tibet, W.China, Japan. See [About maps] Erebia alcmena Grum-Grshimailo, 1891; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 25 (3-4): 457
Erebia alcmena ; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 8]; [MRS, 406]
E. a. minschani Bang-Haas
Erebia alcmena minschani ; [MRS, 406]
Erebia triarius (de Prunner, 1798)
SEU, CEU. See [About maps] de Prunner's Ringlet Alpen-Mohrenfalter
Papilio triarius de Prunner, 1798; Lepid. Pedemont.: 70
evias Godart, 1823²
Erebia triaria, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Erebia triaria, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia triaria ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia vidleri Elwes, 1898
British Columbia. See [About maps] Northwest Alpine
Erebia vidleri Elwes, 1898; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.: 195 (?179)
Erebia vidleri, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia vidleri ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29; [NACL, #4591]; [Opler]

Larva on Poaceae? [NAB]

Erebia rossii Curtis, 1835
Altai, N.Mongolia - Transbaikalia - N.Eurasia, Arctic America. See [About maps] Arctic Alpine
Erebia rossii Curtis, 1835; in Ross, Nar. 2nd Voy. N.-W. Pass., App.: 67, pl. A, TL: Boothia Peninsula, Northwest Territories
Erebia rossii, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Erebia rossii, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia rossii ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 28; [NACL, #4592]; [BOW: pl. 18, f. 10]; [Opler]; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia rossi ; [BRU, 200]

Larva on Carex spp., (and grasses) [BRU, Gorbunov, Korshunov, 1995]

E. r. erda Sheljuzhko, 1924
Erebia erda Sheljuzhko, 1924; Ent. Anz. 4: 165, TL: Sayan Mts, Munku-Sardyk
[erda-1v.jpg] 819x763 (~138Kb) underside A large stoned ancient moraine in the source of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

?E. r. ero Bremer, 1861
Erebia ero Bremer, 1861
dzhelindae Sheljuzhko, 1925
polyopis Sheljuzhko, 1919
E. r. ornata Leussler, 1935
Erebia rossii ornata ; [NACL, #4592a]
E. r. kuskoquima Holland, 1931
subarctica Korshunov, 1996
Erebia rossii kuskoquima ; [NACL, #4592b]
E. r. gabrieli dos Passos, 1949
Erebia rossii gabrieli dos Passos, 1949; Am. Mus. Novit. No. 1389: (1-17), TL: Mount McKinley Park, Alaska, 3500ft
Erebia rossii gabrieli ; [NACL, #4592c]
fiErebia embla (Thunberg, 1791)
Arctic Europe, Siberia, Altai, Sajan, Kamschatka, Chukot Peninsula, Ussuri, N.Mongolia, N.Korea. See [About maps] Suonokiperhonen Lapland Ringlet Gulringad gräsfjäril Myrsotfjäril
embla (Thunberg, 1791); Diss. Ent. sistens Insecta Suecica (1) (2): 38, TL: Västerbotten, Sweden
Erebia embla, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia embla, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
 Erebia embla ; [BRU, 199]
[embla-1v.jpg] 500x437 (~36Kb) underside Finland, Pihtipudas, Liitonjärvi, 703:44, 30.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen [embla-2v.jpg] 600x705 (~91Kb) underside FINLAND: Li: Inari, Luttojoki, 760:540, 10.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela [embla-3v.jpg] 1000x716 (~72Kb) underside FINLAND: Li: Inari, Luttojoki, 760:54, 11.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela
[embla.jpg] 502x672 (~80Kb)

Larva on Carex, Deschampsia [BRU, Henriksen, Kreutzer, 1982]


E. e. dissimulata Warren, 1931
Altai, Sayan, Transbaikalia
E. e. succulenta Alpheraky, 1897
Far East, Chukot Peninsula, Kamchatka, Amur, Ussuri septentrionalis Esaki & Hori, 1929
fiErebia disa (Thunberg, 1791)
Arctic Europe, Sajan, Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Yablonoi, Arctic NA. See [About maps] Kairanokiperhonen Arctic Ringlet Spruce Bog Alpine Disas gräsfjäril Starrsotfjäril
Papilio disa Thunberg, 1791; Diss. Ent. sistens Insecta Suecica (1) (2): 37, TL: Lapponia
Papilio griela Fabricius, 1793
Erebia disa, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erebia disa, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia disa, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Erebia disa, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia disa ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29; [NACL, #4593]; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 10]; [BRU, 200]; [Opler]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[disa.jpg] 436x346 (~33Kb)

Larva on Carex spp. [BRU, Gorbunov, Korshunov, 1995]


E. d. festiva Warren, 1931
Altai, Sayan, Transbaikalia
E. d. steckeri Holland, 1930
Chukot Peninsula Erebia disa steckeri ; [NACL, #4593b]
E. d. subarctica McDunnough, 1937
Erebia disa subarctica ; [NACL, #4593c]
Erebia mancinus Doubleday, [1849]
Erebia mancinus Doubleday, [1849]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 380 (?text [1851]), pl. 64, f. 2
Erebia mancinus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 macinus ; Barnes & Benjamin, 1926, (missp.)
Erebia disa mancinus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29; [NACL, #4593a]
Erebia mancinus ; [Opler]
Erebia cyclopius (Eversmann, 1844)
Urals - Siberia - N.Mongolia, N.China, N.Korea. See [About maps] cyclopius (Eversmann, 1844); Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 17 (3): 590, TL: Irkutsk region, Russia
Erebia cyclopius ; [BRU, 199]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[cyclopius-1mu.jpg] 498x503 (~49Kb) upperside male An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita City, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 17th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

E. c. aporia Schawerda, 1919
Amur, Ussuri
E. c. yoshikurana Kishida & Nakamura, 1941
Sakhalin
Erebia wanga Bremer, 1864
Amur. See [About maps] Erebia wanga Bremer, 1864; Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 8 (1): 20, pl. 2, TL: Bureya River valley, Amur region
tristis Bremer, 1861; (praeocc.)
tristior Goltz, 1937
Erebia wanga ; [BRU, 199]

Larva on Neomolinia mandshurica [BRU, Graeser, 1888]

Erebia magdalena Strecker, 1880
Alaska - Rocky Mountains. See [About maps] Magdalena Alpine
Erebia magdalena Strecker, 1880; Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. 3: 25, TL: Colorado
Erebia magdalena, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Erebia magdalena magdalena, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Erebia magdalena, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia magdalena ; [BRU, 209]; [NACL, #4594]; [Opler]

Larva on Carex atrata, (in Alaska) [BRU, Scott, 1986]

E. m. mackinleyensis Gunder, 1932
Alaska magdalena mackinleyensis Gunder, 1932; Can. Ent. 64 (2): 278
Erebia mackinleyensis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia magdalena mackinleyensis ; [NACL, #4594a]
Erebia mackinleyensis ; [Opler]
Erebia sachaensis Dubatolov, 1992
-. See [About maps] Erebia sachaensis Dubatolov, 1992; Vestnik Zoologi 6: 41, TL: [Right bank of Setarym River, SW slope near scree, 1500m, 248-259 km Hwy. Khandyga-Magadan, upper reaches of Khandyga River, 180 km NE Kandyga, Yakutia]
Erebia mackinleyensis sachaensis ;
Erebia magdalena sachaensis ; [BRU: pl. 51, f. 1-3]
Erebia sachaensis ; [BRU2, 218]
E. s. sachaensis
NE.Yakutia Erebia sachaensis sachaensis ; [BRU2, 218]
E. s. ola Korshunov, 1995
Far East, Chukot Peninsula Erebia magdalena ola, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia magdalena ola ; [BRU]
Erebia mackinleyensis ola ;
Erebia sachaensis ola ; [BRU2, 218]
Erebia erynnin Warren, 1932
Sayan - N.Transbaikalia. See [About maps] Erebia erynnin Warren, 1932; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 44: 166, TL: Ost-Sajan [E. Sayan]
erynnis Staudinger, 1894; (preocc.)
erinna Staudinger, 1894; (preocc.)
Erebia sajanensis Korshunov, 1970
Erebia erynnin; [BRU2: 217, pl. 86, f. 1-3]
Erebia magdalena erynnyn ; [BRU, (missp.)]
E. e. erynnin
Sayan, Lake Baikal Erebia erynnin erynnin ; [BRU2, 218]
E. e. chara Churkin, 1999
N.Transbaikalia Erebia erynnin chara Churkin, 1999; , TL: Kodar Mts.
Erebia magdalena chara ;
Erebia erynnin chara ; [BRU2, 218]
Erebia fasciata Butler, 1868
Arctic America, Arctic Asia. See [About maps] Banded Alpine
Erebia fasciata Butler, 1868; Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus.: 92, pl. 2, f. 8, TL: Victoria Islands, Canada
Erebia suffusa Warren, 1936
Erebia fasciata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia fasciata ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 28; [NACL, #4595]; [BRU, 209]; [Opler]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Poaceae? [NAB], Carex [BRU, Gorbunov, Korshunov, 1995]

E. f. semo Grum-Grshimailo, 1899
N.Siberia, W.Chukot Peninsula, Far East fasciata semo Grum-Grshimailo, 1899; , TL: Between Khatanga and Olenek rivers
Erebia fasciata semo ; [NACL, #4595b]
E. f. avinoffi Holland, 1930
Chukot Peninsula, Wrangel Island Erebia fasciata avinoffi ; [NACL, #4595a]
Erebia medusa (Fabricius, 1787)
CEU, SEEU, Asia Minor. See [About maps] Woodland Ringlet Blutgrasfalter Le Franconien Górówka meduza
Papilio medusa Fabricius, 1787
Papilio medusa [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 167 (nom. nud.), TL: Vienna, Austria
Erebia medusa, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Erebia medusa, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia medusa, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia medusa, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
 Erebia medusa ; [BRU, 212]; Kudrna & Belicek, 2005, Oedippus 23: 28; [Otakar Kudrna]
[medusa-1u.jpg] 470x273 (~93Kb) upperside Czech Republic, Blansko, 1.6.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý [medusa-2v.jpg] 470x331 (~96Kb) underside Czech Republic, Blansko, 1.6.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý

Larva on Gramineae, Digitaria sanguinale, Milium effusum [H&R], Panicum, Setaria, Brachypodium, Festuca, Bromus [BRU]


E. m. psodea Hübner, 1804
?Papilio psodea Hübner, [1803-1804]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] : pl. 98 (1803-1804), f. 497-499
chatiparae Sheljuzhko, 1937
polaris psodea ;
E. m. transiens Heyne, 1895
polaris transiens ;
fiE. m. polaris Staudinger, 1871
Lappland, Boreal Asia Ruijannokiperhonen Arctic Woodland Ringlet Polarsotfjäril
Erebia polaris Staudinger, 1871; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 24
Erebia polaris, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia polaris, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia polaris ; [BRU, 212]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[polaris-1v.jpg] 600x511 (~55Kb) underside FINLAND: Li: Utsjoki Kirkkotuvat, 775:50, 7.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela [polaris.jpg] 394x574 (~49Kb)

Larva on Festuca ovina [SPRK], Poa palustris, Milium effusum [BRU, Henriksen, Kreutzer, 1982]


E. m. euphrasia Fruhstorfer, 1917
Erebia medusa euphrasia Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z Iris 31 (1/2): 44, TL: "Bulg.Tschamkorija", Bulgaria
Erebia medusa narona Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z Iris 31 (1/2): 45, TL: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maklen Pass
= ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 34
euphrasia ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 32
narona ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 33
E. m. uralensis Staudinger, 1871
polaris uralensis ; [BRU, 212]
Erebia hewitsoni Lederer, 1864
NE.Turkey, W.Transcaucasia. See [About maps] Erebia hewitsoni Lederer, 1864; Wien. ent. Monats. 8 (5): 167, pl. 3, f. 6-7, TL: Abastumani, Meskhetian Mts.
Erebia hewitsoni ; [BRU, 212]

Larva on Poa annua, Agropyron [BRU, Hesselbarth et al, 1995]

Erebia edda Ménétriés, 1851
Urals, Altai, Tuva, S.Siberia, Yakutia, Ussuri, W.Chukot Peninsula, Mongolia, N.Korea. See [About maps] Erebia edda Ménétriés, 1851; in Middendorf, Reise N. und O. Sibir 2 (1): 58, pl. 3, f. 11, TL: Udskoe, Khabarovsk Region, Russia
Erebia edda ; [BRU, 199]; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 11]; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia turanica Erschoff, [1877]
S.Altai - Tien Shan. See [About maps] Erebia turanica Erschoff, [1877]; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 12 (4): 336
Erebia turanica ; [BRU, 205]; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 20]; [MRS, 408]
[turanica-1v.jpg] 533x400 (~43Kb) underside A long-forb meadow within a Tien Shan spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & Mey.) open forest at 2500 m above sea level at the junction of the Tyshkan and Tyshkanbas Rivers, 40 km NEN of Zharkent, 15 km NEN of village Sarybel', mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 25th July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

E. t. jucunda Püngeler, 1903
E. t. grumi Lukhtanov, 1994
tristis Grum-Grshimailo, 1893; (praeocc.)
E. t. laeta Staudinger, 1881
E. t. susamyr Lukhtanov, 1999
Kirghizia (Suusamyr) Erebia turanica susamyr Lukhtanov, 1999; Atalanta 30 (1/4): 139, TL: Kirgisia, Suusamyr, Kysyloi, Kobyk, 2100m
Erebia radians Staudinger, 1886
Tien-Shan, Alai, Transalai. See [About maps] Erebia radians Staudinger, 1886; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (7-9): 240, TL: S. of Osh, Alaisky Mts.
Erebia radians Lang, 1884; Rhopalocera Europa Descripta et Delineata: 320
Erebia radians ; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 21]; [BRU, 210]; [BRU2: 219, pl. 85, f. 11-16]
E. r. radians
N.Tian-Shan, Inner Tian-Shan, Alai, Transalai Erebia radians ab. magna Staudinger
Erebia usgentensis Heyne, [1894]; in Rühl, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte 1 (Tagfalter): 502, TL: Uzgensky Mts, Kirghizia
= ; Churkin & Tuzov, 2000, Atalanta 31 (1/2): 91
?magna Heyne, [1895]
Erebia usgentensis ; [BRU, 210]
Erebia radians radians ; [BRU2, 219]; Churkin & Tuzov, 2000, Atalanta 31 (1/2): 89, pl. I, f. 1-3, pl. III, f. 9
E. r. zhdankoi Churkin & Tuzov, 2000
Inner Tien-Shan Erebia radians zhdankoi Churkin & Tuzov, 2000; Atalanta 31 (1/2): 92, pl. I, f. 4-6, TL: Inn. Tian-Shan, SW edge of of At-Bashi, near Chatyr-Kel, L., Karasu r., 3700-3900m
Erebia radians zhdankoi ; [BRU2, 219]
E. r. uzungyrus Churkin & Tuzov, 2000
Kirgizky Mts. Erebia radians uzungyrus Churkin & Tuzov, 2000; Atalanta 31 (1/2): 93, pl. I, f. 8-9, TL: Tian-Shan, Kirgizsky Range, Uzyngyr Mts., Chon-Kurchak r., 2700m
Erebia usgentensis ; [BRU: pl. 51, f. 13-15]
Erebia radians uzungyrus ; [BRU2, 219]
Erebia sokolovi Lukhtanov, 1990
-. See [About maps] Erebia sokolovi Lukhtanov, 1990; Vestn. zool. 6: 13, f. 1 (1), TL: [Upper reaches of Karatkystak River, Kirghizsky Mts, Kazakhstan]
Erebia sokolovi ; [BRU2: 219, pl. 85, f. 1-9, 17-19]
E. s. sokolovi
E.Talassky Alatau, W.Kirgizky Mts., N.Tian-Shan, W.Tian-Shan Erebia radians sokolovi ; [BRU: 210, pl. 51, f. 17]
Erebia sokolovi sokolovi ; Churkin & Tuzov, 2000, Atalanta 31 (1/2): 94, pl. II, f. 1-3; [BRU2, 219]
E. s. severa Churkin & Tuzov, 2000
W.Kokshaal-Too Mts. Erebia sokolovi severa Churkin & Tuzov, 2000; Atalanta 31 (1/2): 98, pl. II, f. 7-9, pl. III, f. 8, TL: Int. Tian-Shan, W edge of Kakshaal Range, Sary-Beles Mts., upper stream of Kuldzha-Bashi r., 3700-3800m
Erebia sokolovi severa ; [BRU2, 219]
E. s. colorata Churkin & Tuzov, 2000
Dolon Pass, Moldo-Too Mts. Erebia sokolovi colorata Churkin & Tuzov, 2000; Atalanta 31 (1/2): 104, pl. II, f. 4-6, TL: Int. Tian-Shan, Moldo-Too Mts., 10km S from Song-Kel L., Moldoo pass
Erebia sokolovi colorata ; [BRU2, 220]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Erebia radians radians; [BRU: pl. 51, f. 18]
E. s. arcana Churkin & Tuzov, 2000
Dzhetim-Bel Mts. Erebia sokolovi arcana Churkin & Tuzov, 2000; Atalanta 31 (1/2): 105, pl. III, f. 1-3, TL: Tian-Shan, Dzhetim-Bel Mts., Ekurgen-Kel L., 3700-4000m
Erebia sokolovi arcana ; [BRU2, 220]
Erebia progne Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Alai Erebia progne Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 454, TL: Pass Kauk, Alaisky Mts, Kirghizia
Erebia progne ; [BRU, 210]; Churkin & Tuzov, 2000, Atalanta 31 (1/2): 106, pl. III, f. 7
E. p. progne
Kichick-Alai Mts.
E. p. samodurovi Tschikolovez, 1992
Transalai Mts. samodurovi ; Churkin & Tuzov, 2000, Atalanta 31 (1/2): 106, pl. III, f. 4-5
Erebia kalmuka Alphéraky, 1881
Tien-Shan (inner, central and east). See [About maps] Erebia kalmuka Alphéraky, 1881; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 16 (3-4): 414, pl. 15, f. 18-19, TL: Arshan River valley, upper basin of Kunges River, Boro-Khoro Mts, China
Erebia kalmuka ; [BRU, 210]; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 14]
Erebia ocnus (Eversmann, 1843)
Dzhungarsky Alatau ocnus (Eversmann, 1843); Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 16 (3): 538, pl. 8, f. 5
Erebia ocnus ; [BRU, 211]
E. o. tianschanica Heyne, [1894]
Dzhungarsky Alatau (massif Tyshkantau) Erebia tianschanica Heyne, [1894]; in Rühl, Pal. Grossschmett., 1: 501
Erebia tianschanica ; [BRU, 210]
Erebia ocnus tianschanica ; [Oleg Kosterin]
[tianschanica-1v.jpg] 504x343 (~43Kb) underside An alpine meadow at 3000 m above sea level in the Tyshkan River headwaters, 42 km NEN of Zharkent, 18 km NEN of village Sarybel', mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 26th July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Erebia sibo (Alphéraky, 1881)
Tian-Shan. See [About maps] sibo (Alphéraky, 1881); Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 16 (3-4): 416, pl. 15, f. 20-21, TL: Arshan River valley, upper basin of Kunges River, Boro-Khoro Mts, China
?Erebia mongolica Erschoff, 1888; , TL: Lake Chatyrkel
Erebia sibo ; [BRU, 211]; [MRS, 408]
Erebia eugenia Churkin, 2000
Kirghizia (Kokshaal-Tau Mts.). See [About maps] Erebia eugenia Churkin, 2000; Helios 1: 30, TL: Kirghizia, Inn. Tian-Shan, Kokshal Mts., Kulja-Bashi R., 3800m
Erebia eugenia ; [BRU2: 220, pl. 85, f. 10]
Erebia meta Staudinger, 1886
Alaisky Mts - Tian-Shan. See [About maps] Erebia meta Staudinger, 1886; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (7-9): 237, TL: S. of Osh, Alaisky Mts.
Erebia meta ; [BRU, 211]; [BOW: pl. 200, f. 15]
E. m. meta Staudinger, 1886
Alai mopsos Staudinger, 1886
gertha Staudinger, 1886
E. m. alexandra Staudinger, 1877
W. and N. Tian-Shan
E. m. issyka Staudinger, 1877
Lake Issyk-Kul (mountains)
?E. m. melanops Christoph, 1889
Tian-Shan meta melanops Christoph, 1889; , TL: ?"Samarcand"
Erebia discoidalis Kirby, 1837
Arctic coasts of Eurasia and N.America, Chukot Peninsula - E.Sayan, Amur. See [About maps] Red-disked Alpine
Erebia discoidalis Kirby, 1837; in Richardson, Fauna Boreal Amer.: 298, pl. 3, f. 2-3, TL: Cumberland House, Lat. 57°N [Hudson Bay]
Erebia discoidalis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia discoidalis ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 28; [NACL, #4596]; [BRU, 209]; [Opler]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Eriophorum, (N.America) [BRU, Scott, 1986] Poa, (Polar Urals) [BRU, Gorbunov, Korshunov, 1995]

E. d. lena Christoph, 1889
N.Siberia (tundra), Chukot Peninsula, Far East
E. d. yablonoica Warren, 1931
Transbaikalia, Amur
E. d. macdunnoughi dos Passos, 1940
Erebia discoidalis mcdunnoughi dos Passos, 1940; Am. Mus. Novit. No. 1053: (1-2), TL: White Horse, Alaska
macdunnoughi dos Passos, 1964; (emendation)
Erebia discoidalis mcdunnoughi ; [NACL, #4596a]
Erebia alberganus (Prunner, 1798)
CEU. See [About maps] Almond-eyed Ringled Gelbäugiger Mohrenfalter
Papilio alberganus Prunner, 1798; Lepid. Pedemont.: 71
Papilio ceto Hübner, [1803-1804]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] : pl. 112 (1803-1804), f. 578-579
Erebia alberganus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia alberganus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
 Erebia alberganus ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae, Poa annua, Festuca [H&R]

E. a. phorcys (Freyer, [1836])
Hipparchia phorcys Freyer, [1836]; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 3 : 4, pl. 193, f. 2, TL: Bulgaria, central Stara Planina
phorcys ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 34
Erebia theano (Tauscher, 1806)
S.Siberia (mountains), Mongolia. See [About maps] Theano Alpine
theano (Tauscher, 1806); Mém. Soc. Nat. Moscou 1: 207, TL: Altai Mts.
lederi Goltz, 1930
hilaris Goltz, 1930
approximata Warren, 1930; , TL: Altai, Korgonskyi mountain range
Erebia theano, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Erebia theano ; [BRU, 205]; [BOW: pl. 18, f. 11]; [MRS, 408]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Erebia theano (= Erebia pawloskii); [NACL, #4597]
[theano-1fv.jpg] 642x450 (~72Kb) underside female A steppefied meadow at a larch wood edge on a southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998 (on Allium), Photo © Oleg Kosterin [theano-1mv.jpg] 804x516 (~83Kb) underside male A subalpine larch parkland on the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998 (on Aster alpinus L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Poaceae? [NAB]


E. t. tshugunovi Korshunov & Ivonin, 1995
W.Siberia Erebia theano tshugunovi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
E. t. shoria Korshunov & Ivonin, 1995
Kuznetsky Alatau Erebia theano shoria, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
E. t. ethela Edwards, 1891
Erebia ethela Edwards, 1891; Can. Ent. 23: 31
Erebia theano ethela ; [NACL, #4597a]
E. t. demmia Warren, 1936
Erebia theano demmia ; [NACL, #4597b]
E. t. sofia Strecker, 1881
sofia Strecker, 1881; : 35
canadensis Warren, 1931
churchillensis Warren, 1936
Erebia sofia ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29
Erebia theano sofia ; [NACL, #4597c]
E. t. alaskensis Holland, 1900
alaskensis Holland, 1900; Ent. News 11: 387
Erebia sofia alaskensis ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29
Erebia theano alaskensis ; [NACL, #4597d]
Erebia haberhaueri Staudinger, 1881
Saur, Tarbagatai Mts. Erebia haberhaueri Staudinger, 1881; Stett. ent. Ztg 42: 268, TL: Tarbagatai Mts, Kazakhstan
Erebia haberhaueri ; [BRU, 205]
Erebia youngi Holland, 1900
Alaska, E.Chukotka. See [About maps] Yukon Alpine
Erebia youngi Holland, 1900; Ent. News 11: 388, TL: Alaska
Erebia youngi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Erebia youngi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia youngi ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29; [NACL, #4598]; [Opler]

Larva on Poaceae?, Cyperaceae? [NAB]

E. y. herscheli Leussler, 1935
Erebia youngi herscheli ; [NACL, #4598a]
E. y. rileyi dos Passos, 1947
Erebia youngi rileyi dos Passos, 1947; Am. Mus. Novit. No. 1348: (1-4), TL: Mt. McKinney National Park, AK
Erebia youngi rileyi ; [NACL, #4598b]
Erebia epipsodea Butler, 1868
Alaska - Colorado. See [About maps] Common Alpine
Erebia epipsodea Butler, 1868; Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus.: 80
Erebia sineocellata Skinner, 1889
Erebia epipsodea epipsodea, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Erebia epipsodea, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Erebia epipsodea ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29; [NACL, #4599]; [Opler]
Erebia episodea ; [BOW: pl. 18, f. 9 (spell.?)]

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]

E. e. rhodia Edwards, 1871
Erebia brucei Elwes, 1889; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 37 (4): 326
Erebia epipsodea brucei, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 ?rhoda ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29 (missp.)
Erebia epipsodea brucei ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29
Erebia epipsodea rhodia ; [NACL, #4599a]
E. e. remingtoni Ehrlich, 1952
Erebia epipsodea remingtoni ; [NACL, #4599b]
E. e. hopfingeri Ehrlich, 1954
Erebia epipsodea hopfingeri ; [NACL, #4599c]
E. e. freemani Ehrlich, 1954
sineocellata dos Passos, 1954; (not Skinner, 1889)
Erebia epipsodea freemani ; [NACL, #4599d]
Erebia pluto (de Prunner, 1798)
Alps. See [About maps] Sooty Ringlet
Papilio pluto de Prunner, 1798; Lepid. Pedemont.: 20
belzebub Costa, 1839²
Erebia pluto, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia pluto ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae, Poa annua [H&R]

Erebia gorge (Esper, 1805)
CEU, Alps, Pyrenees. See [About maps] Silky Ringlet Górówka gorge
Papilio gorge Esper, 1805; Die Schmett., Th I, Suppl. Th. 2 (11): 2, pl. 119, f. 4-5
?Papilio gorge Hübner, [1803-1804]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] (Ziefer?): 39, : pl. 99 (1803-1804), f. 502-505 [?]
Erebia gorge, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia gorge ; [Otakar Kudrna]
[gorge-1u.jpg] 500x333 (~45Kb) upperside Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Gramineae [H&R]


Erebia rhodopensis Nicholl, 1900
Bulgaria. See [About maps] Erebia gorgone var. rhodopensis Nicholl, 1900; Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 12 (2): 67, TL: Bulgaria, Rila, Airandere [Chavcha], 6500ft
rhodopensis ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 35
Erebia rhodopensis ; [Otakar Kudrna]
?E. r. sharsta (Higgins, 1965)
Erebia aethiopellus sharsta Higgins, 1965; Entomologist 98: 11, TL: "Yugoslav Macedonia, Schar Planina"
sharsta ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 36
Erebia aethiopella (Hoffmannsegg, 1806)
CEU, Alps, Bulgaria. See [About maps] False Mnestra Ringlet
aethiopella (Hoffmannsegg, 1806); Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 4: [?] 180
gorgophone Bellier, 1863²
Erebia aethiopella, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia aethiopellus ;
Erebia aethiopella ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia mnestra (Hübner, [1803-1804])
Alps, S.France. See [About maps] Mnestra's Ringlet Blindpunkt-Mohrenfalter
Papilio mnestra Hübner, [1803-1804]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] (Ziefer?): 33, : pl. 106 (1803-1804), f. 540-543
?Papilio mnestra Esper, 1805
Erebia mnestra, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia mnestra, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Erebia mnestra ; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 16]
Erebia gorgone Boisduval, 1832
Pyrenees. See [About maps] Gavarnie Ringlet
Erebia gorgone Boisduval, 1832; Icon. hist. Lépid. Europe 1 (15-16): 150 (1833) (? [1833])
Erebia gorgone, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia gorgone ; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 13]; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia epistygne (Hübner, [1819])
Spain, SW.France. See [About maps] Spring Ringlet
Phorcis epistygne Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 62
?Papilio stygne Hübner, [1806-1808]; : pl. 125, f. 639-640
Erebia epistygne, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia epistygne ; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 12]; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]
Greece, Bulgaria, Balkans, Alps, Asia Minor. See [About maps] Ottoman Brassy Ringlet
Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, [1847]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (26): (ii) f. 376, (32): 379-380 (1848) [?]
Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 6 (48): 8
Erebia ottomana, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Erebia ottomana, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Erebia ottomana ; [Otakar Kudrna]
E. o. durmitorensis Warren, 1932
Erebia ottomana durmitorensis Warren, 1932; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 44: 166, TL: Montenegro, Durmitor
durmitorensis ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 37
E. o. bureschi Warren, 1933
Erebia ottomana bureschi Warren, 1933; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 45 (3): 40, TL: Bulgaria, "Alibutush" [Slavyanka]
bureschi ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 38
Erebia tyndarus (Esper, 1781)
Alps. See [About maps] Swiss Brassy Ringlet Schillernder Mohrenfalter
Papilio tyndarus Esper, 1781; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (3): pl. 67, f. 1
Erebia tyndarus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia tyndarus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Erebia tyndarus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Erebia tyndarus ; [BOW: pl. 6, f. 20, 21]; [Otakar Kudrna]
Misidentified/misapplied:
?Erebia tyndarus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 29
Erebia arvernensis (Oberthür, 1908)
Erebia? arvernensis Oberthür, 1908; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1908: 267, TL: Auvergne
Erebia arvernensis ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia nivalis Lorkovic & de Lesse, 1954
Alps. See [About maps] De Lesse's Brassy Ringlet
Erebia nivalis Lorkovic & de Lesse, 1954; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 1954: 31-39
Erebia nivalis ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia calcaria Lorkovic, 1949
Alps. See [About maps] Lorkovic's Brassy Ringlet
calcarius ;
Erebia calcaria ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia cassioides (Reiner & Hohenwarth, 1792)
Cantabria, Alps, Balkans. See [About maps] Common Brassy Ringlet
neleus Freyer, 1833²
Erebia cassioides, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Erebia cassioides, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
 Erebia cassioides ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gramineae [H&R]

E. c. macedonica Buresch, 1918
Bulgaria (Pirin Mts.) Erebia cassioides macedonica Buresch, 1918; Z. wiss. InsektBiol. 14 (9/10): 226-228, pl. II, f. 10-13, TL: Bulgaria, Pirin-Planina, "Papas-Gjol-Tale"
macedonica ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 37
Erebia hispania Butler, 1868
es, Pyrenees. See [About maps] Spanish Brassy Ringlet
Erebia hispania Butler, 1868; Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus.: 86
Erebia hispania, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
 Erebia hispania ; [Otakar Kudrna]
Erebia dromulus Staudinger, 1901²
NW.Iran, Armenia, Turkey. See [About maps] dromulus Staudinger, 1901²; in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. palaearct. Faunengeb., 3: 50
savalanica de Lesse²
Erebia iranica Grum-Grshimailo, 1895
Caucasus - N.Iran, Turkey. See [About maps] Erebia iranica Grum-Grshimailo, 1895; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 29: 291, TL: Mt. Demavend, Elburs Mts, Iran
Erebia iranica ; [BRU, 206]
E. i. sheljuzhkoi Warren, 1935
Erebia graucasica Jachontov, 1909
Caucasus - N.Iran, Turkey. See [About maps] Erebia graucasica Jachontov, 1909; Revue Russe Ent. 8: 289, TL: Mt. Kazbek, Caucasus Major
Erebia graucasica ; [BRU, 206]
E. g. graucasica Jachontov, 1909
Caucasus Major dromus Fabricius, 1846
hippocoon Niesiolowski, 1937
caucasica Korshunov, Antonova & Kotshetova, 1984
E. g. transcaucasica Warren, 1950
Caucasus Major
?E. g. savalanica de Lesse, 1955
Armenian Highland
Erebia callias Edwards, 1871
Colorado, New Mexico, Tarbagatai, Altai, Sayan, Tuva, Mongolia, E.Yakutia. See [About maps] Colorado Alpine