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Erebia ligea
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Erebia ligea The Arran Brown
Description forewing 24/27mm, upperside ground colour black with wide red post-discal bands enclosing 3 or 4 ocelli on forewing, generallywhite-pupilled, and 3 on hindwing; underside hindwing dark basal area limited by a white streak from costa to space 5. Cilia chequered.
Flight End of June to August
Habitat In hilly country from 1 - 1500m, often in light woodland, especially among spruce; a lowland species in the Northern range. Larval food plants grasses, Digitaria and Milium effusum.
Distribution SW Alps through Jura and Vosges eastwards through Alps, Carpathians and Balkans to Macedonia; also in lowland Fennoscandia and very locally in Ligurian and Roman Appenines.
This picture shows the underside with its charcteristic white streak and chequered cilia. It has been cropped, resized and sharpened for TN. |
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- Juyona
(15577) - [2008-02-19 2:45]
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Hola Alan,
bonita macro y compo.
excelentes colores y detalles...
saludos
Ciao Alan,
questa specie di Erebia è una delle mie preferite.
Mi piace molto lo sfondo, che mette bene in risalto i colori scuri delle ali.
Anche il POV è molto particolare.
Saluti,
Marcello