de Prunner's Ringlet (Erebia triaria)
2011 photos highlighted in green. Click on any photo to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page.
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Triaria is sometimes superficially similar to
the Piedmont Ringlet (E.
meolans), but the red post-discal band on the upf is quite wide at the
costa tapering toward the anal angle. There are white-pupilled ocelli in s2-s6
and the smaller ocellus in s6 is generally present and in line with the larger
ocelli in s4 and s5. |
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| ref | sex |
observations |
alt. m |
| 6900 | M |
I believe this to be a male based on its behaviour of taking salts, although the upf red post-discal band is very wide on both wings, suggesting female, and T&L shows the male as having a constriction at upf s3, which 6900 clearly does not have. The ground colour is quite a light brown, or appears to be, but this may be because it was quite a dull day and the photo had to be lightened considerably. The ocelli in s2-6 are very strong and those in s4/5 and almost fused completely (again suggesting female) and the large s6 ocellus is perfectly in line with them, the clear indicator of triaria. The external edges of the uph red post-discal marks are quite concave whereas T&L shows them as flat to convex. |
1875 |
| 26336 | M | a typical triaria underside, very dark (even allowing for some wear on 26336) with a lighter area from the discal line to the margin. Enough of the forewing is visible to show the unf ocelli, mirroring the alignment on the upf. | 1720 |
6900_male_Alpes-Maritimes_10Jun07
26336_male_Alpes-Maritimes_05Jul11