Adey Baker
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I saw several Erebia species butterflies on holiday in Haute-Savoie, France recently and most are giving me ID problems!
The one below is an interesting example. There appear to be 3 possibles with this pattern of 'eyes' where there are 3 large and 2 distinctly smaller eyes on the upper forewing.
The shot was taken at Montenvers in the Mont Blanc range at about 1900m high which rules out Chapman Ringlet.
De Prunners Ringlet should have the 'top' 3 eyes more or less in-line which this one clearly doesn't (it's also a bit late in the year for this sp).
This leaves Piedmont Ringlet - however, although the book (Tolman/Lewington) describes many of these species as variable, the illustration closest to this one is of the form bejarensis which occurs in central Spain! None of the other pictures show anything like this patterning.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
The underwing was not seen
The one below is an interesting example. There appear to be 3 possibles with this pattern of 'eyes' where there are 3 large and 2 distinctly smaller eyes on the upper forewing.
The shot was taken at Montenvers in the Mont Blanc range at about 1900m high which rules out Chapman Ringlet.
De Prunners Ringlet should have the 'top' 3 eyes more or less in-line which this one clearly doesn't (it's also a bit late in the year for this sp).
This leaves Piedmont Ringlet - however, although the book (Tolman/Lewington) describes many of these species as variable, the illustration closest to this one is of the form bejarensis which occurs in central Spain! None of the other pictures show anything like this patterning.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
The underwing was not seen