Erebia lafontainei, the reddish alpine or Lafontaine's alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern North America from Alaska, Yukon, and western Northwest Territories as far east as Tuktoyuktuk.
Reddish alpine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Erebia |
Species: | E. lafontainei
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Binomial name | |
Erebia lafontainei Troubridge & Philip, 1983[1]
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The wingspan is 33–41 mm. Adults are on the wing from mid-June to late July.[2]
Similar species
edit- Four-dotted alpine (E. youngi)
- Scree alpine (E. anyuica)
References
edit- ^ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Reddish Alpine (Erebia lanfontainei), Butterflies of Canada
External links
editWikispecies has information related to Erebia lafontainei.
- Erebia lafontainei, Butterflies and Moths of North America