N Sweden, July 2010
Bern, Switzerland, August 2019
Field notes and information
A widespread and often common species in the higher mountains of Europe and many of the mountains of Scandinavia.
Identification & Similar species: The black spots on the forewing separate the species from most other Erebias. Only the false dewy ringlet E. sthennyo is similar. Amongst several rather subtle differences, the forewing spots are closer to the outer edge of the orange band. It has been proposed that the taxon sthennyois infact a form of the current species.
Distribution & Flight: Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians, Balkans and most of Norway and neighbouring Sweden and Finland. June/ July, into August.
Habitat & Behaviour: It likes generally rather damp places at high altitudes flying over expansive grasslands with generally few flowers and no trees. In Scandinavia scrubby areas with open wet bogs is a typical habitat.
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