White Speck Ringlet
White Dotted Ringlet ( Erebia claudina )
The White Dotted Ringlet ( Erebia claudina ) is a butterfly ( butterfly ) of the family Nymphalidae ( Nymphalidae ).
- 6.1 Notes and references
- 6.2 Literature
Features
Butterfly
The relatively narrow forewings of the moths, which have a wingspan of about 26 to 32 millimeters, dark brown in color and show an orange yellow band in the near faint, small, white cored eye-spots are located at the apex of two. Characteristic of the style are several small, pure white dots in the Submarginalregion of the hind wings, which are also responsible for the German name of the species. Due to this distinctive marking the style is unmistakable. On the underside of the front wing, a division can be seen. While the external field is yellow-brown, the middle and inner pane shows a weak red-brown color. The hind wings are without markings subpages brown in males, gray yellow in the females. Often shine through the white dots from the front, more in males.
Egg, caterpillar
The egg is round and white. The caterpillars are at the juvenile stage light brown and have six fine, darker longitudinal lines, they are grown coffee brown and show a dark brown, white lined topline, fine secondary lines as well as broad side lines. The head is dark brown, slightly tapered, the rear end up and running in a short Analspitze from.
Synonyms
- Erebia arete (Fabricius, 1787)
Distribution and habitat
The White Dotted Ringlet occurs in the Alps usually available in heights 1600-1900 m. He usually lives in very small, very limited habitats in the Austrian states of Salzburg, Carinthia and Styria. The species prefers flying on south-facing slopes.
Way of life
The moths fly in July and August, mostly in a bushy meadows. Food plants of the caterpillars are mat-grass ( Nardus stricta ), lawn Schmiele ( Deschampsia cespitosa ) and ordinary bluegrass ( Poa trvialis ).
Endangering
In Germany, the style does not come, so inclusion in the Red List of Threatened Species omitted, in Austria the species is considered to be unthreatened, in some states it is in the " near threatened " or "endangered" classified.