Erebia anyuica, the scree alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae. It is found in Siberia, in several isolated areas of Alaska, and in a band that extends across northern Alaska and northern Yukon (British Mountains) to the Richardson Mountains on the Yukon/Northwest Territories border.
Scree alpine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Erebia |
Species: | E. anyuica
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Binomial name | |
Erebia anyuica Kurentzov, 1966[1]
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Subspecies | |
Four, see text |
The wingspan is 31–42 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to late July.[2]
Subspecies
edit- E. a. anyuica Magadan
- E. a. iltshira Belik, 1996 eastern Sayan Mountains
- E. a. jakuta Dubatolov, 1992 north-eastern Yakutia
- E. a. sokhondinka Dubatolov & Zintshenko, 1995
Similar species
edit- Reddish alpine (E. lafontainei)
- Four-dotted alpine (E. youngi)
References
editWikispecies has information related to Erebia anyuica.
- ^ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Scree Alpine (Erebia anyuica), Butterflies of Canada