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Erebia ligea

Arran Brown

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N Sweden, July 2010

 

NE Slovakia, July 2001
 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2003
 

Vaud, Switzerland, July 2003

Heavy trucks were driving over these resting butterflies without disturbing them.
 

Vaud, Switzerland, July 2003

 

This is one of the largest of the Erebias. It is boldly marked. Distinctive features are the checkered fringes and on the bold white discal marks on the underside. It is widespread from the Alps and eastwards and in Scandinavia. Generally it is found at moderate altitudes but it also spreads to much lower altitudes than most other Erebias.

 

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