Yellow Spotted Ringlet

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Yellow Spotted Ringlet
Museum specimens. Austria..Langham and Wheeler collection.Ulster Museum.
Museum specimens. Austria..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
Binomial name
Erebia manto
(Michael Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

The Yellow Spotted Ringlet (Erebia manto) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is associated with (sub)alpine meadows at 1,800-2,500 m a.s.l., flying in July and August. It was first described from "Wien" (Vienna, Austria).

subspecies pyrrhula Frey described as a species.
subspecies pyrrhula Frey described as a species.

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