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Erebia melas (Black Ringlet)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The black ringlet (Erebia melas) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is a high altitude butterfly found in Albania, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania. Adults are on wing from July to September. The larvae feed on Festuca ovina and possibly other grasses. It overwinters in the larval stage.
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Infraspecies

Erebia melas acoris
Erebia melas koenigiella
Erebia melas leonhardi
Erebia melas melas
Erebia melas nanos
Erebia melas runcensis
Erebia melas sigeion

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Rila 200269 Bulgaria  
Tzentralen Balkan 177099 Bulgaria  

Prey / Diet

Festuca calligera (sheep fescue)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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