Erebia niphonica

Erebia niphonica is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly endemic to Japan, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.

Erebia niphonica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Erebia
Species:	E. niphonica
Binomial name
Erebia niphonica Janson, 1877
Synonyms
Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. assamana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yatsugadakeana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. komagadakeana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. shiroumana Matsumura, 1928 Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yazawai Matsumura, 1928 Erebia shinaensis Kanda & Fujimori, 1931 Erebia scoparia Butler, [1882]

The larva on feeds on Calamagrostis and Carex species.

Subspecies

• E. n. niphonica (Sakhalin)
• E. n. doii Nakahara, 1926 (Kuriles)
• E. n. mikuniana Nakahara, 1942 (Japan)
• E. n. mikudai Nakahara (Japan)
• E. n. sakae Torii, 1945 (Japan)
• E. n. okadai Torii, 1945 (Japan)
• E. n. hayachineana Okano, 1954 (Japan)
• E. n. sugitanii Shirôzu, 1957 (Japan)
• E. n. shibutsuana Shirôzu, 1957 (Japan)
• E. n. gassana Okano & Doi, 1957 (Japan: Honshu)
• E. n. yakeishidakeana Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
• E. n. shirahatai Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
• E. n. asahidakeana Okano, 1958 (Japan: northern Honshu)
• E. n. nyukasana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
• E. n. tateyamana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
• E. n. yoshisakana Murayama, 1963 (Japan)
• E. n. amarisana Murayama, 1964 (Japan)
• E. n. togakusiana Murayama, 1964 (Japan)
• E. n. expleta Churkin, 2005 (Sakhalin)