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Erebia tyndarus
This Swiss brassy ringlet flew away before I had a chance at a closer shot. A mid-size blackish-brown butterfly with extensive orange on the upper wings, particularly in the male. Eyespots are more or less present and developed depending on individuals.
Found above the treeline between 1,200-2,700 meters ASL, in the Alps of Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg, and adjacent regions. Spotted here at 2000 m ASL.
Wikepedia has interesting information about the taxonomy and evolution of this butterfly. The green overtones and variations seen in this butterfly are best seen here: http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_p...
Spotted on Jul 5, 2011
Submitted on Jul 17, 2011
10 Comments
Thank you KatCuff!
Great info and beautiful find!
Please, join the new mission of European butterflies and moths and post all your corresponding spottings. We need a lot of people which would join the group to make it global! Thanks and best regards from Switzerland!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8574...
Thanks Marta and Chatanya!
Nature has a great paint brush!!
What a nice green color!
Thanks Noe and Pili! This made it a hard one to ID but the eurobutterflies.com site is fantastic. There are quite a few of these at the moment, but what makes them special is their very narrow distribution range.
Daniele, it's a very special butterfly, it's colors are mixed in a very cool way
Thanks Ashish!
Very cute butterfly with strange colour combination..!!