Mnestra's Ringlet

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Mnestra's Ringlet
Museum specimens..Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum.
Museum specimens..Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Erebia
Species: Mnestra's Ringlet
Binomial name
Erebia mnestra
(Hübner , 1804)

Mnestra's Ringlet (Erebia mnestra) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a mountain butterfly found in the Alps of Austria, France , Italy and Switzerland. Etymology- named for Menstra.Mestra or Mnnestra was a daughter of Erysichthon, King of Thessaly in Greek mythology.

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