Mnestra's Ringlet (erebia mnestra)
2008 photos highlighted green. Click on any photo to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page.
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A quite scarce erebia of the high altitudes, usually occurring above 1800m. I only saw it for the first time in 2008, in Switzerland, and have not seen it in France. It is a smaller erebia characterised by the strong red upf and unf post-discal bands which have no ocelli in the male (the female has two small upf ocelli).
13231: a male, taking salts. There is not even a hint of an upf ocellus. Altitude 2200m.
13288: a male, the unf red post-discal band extending across almost the whole surface. The unh is characteristically plain brown and unmarked. Altitude 2200m.
13231_male_Valais, Switzerland_19Jul08
13288_male_Valais, Switzerland_19Jul08
