Erebia epipsodea, the common alpine, is a butterfly species of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America from Alaska south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico and east across the prairie provinces to southwest Manitoba.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. epipsodea |
| Binomial name | |
| Erebia epipsodea | |
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The wingspan is 34–45 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to early August.[2]
The larvae feed on various grass species.
Subspecies
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- E. e. epipsodea Butler, 1868 – eastern British Columbia and western Alberta
- E. e. freemani Ehrlich, 1954 – eastern Alberta to Manitoba
- E. e. hopfingeri Ehrlich, 1954
- E. e. remingtoni Ehrlich, 1952 – northern British Columbia and Yukon
- E. e. rhodia Edwards, 1871 – Colorado
Similar species
edit- Vidler's alpine (E. vidleri)
References
edit- 1 2 "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 1 2 Common Alpine (Erebia epipsodea) (Butler, 1868), Butterflies of Canada
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