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Erebia epipsodea (Common alpine)

Synonyms: Erebia brucei; Erebia rhodia (heterotypic); Erebia sineocellata

Wikipedia Abstract

Erebia epipsodea (common alpine) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is found from Alaska south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico and east across the prairie provinces to southwest Manitoba. The wingspan is 34–45 mm. Adults are on the wing from mid June to early August. The larvae feed on various grass species.
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Infraspecies

Erebia epipsodea brucei
Erebia epipsodea epipsodea
Erebia epipsodea freemani
Erebia epipsodea hopfingeri
Erebia epipsodea remingtoni
Erebia epipsodea sineocellata

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.535 inches (.039 m)

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Dasiphora fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil)[2]
Geranium caespitosum (pineywoods geranium)[2]
Potentilla pulcherrima (beautiful cinquefoil)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0