- Arctic Ringlet
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Arctic Ringlet Museum specimens.Langham collection.Ulster Museum. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Erebia Species: Arctic Ringlet Binomial name Erebia disa
(Thunberg, 1791)The Arctic Ringlet (Erebia disa) is a member of the Satyrinae subfamily of Nymphalidae. It is associated with wet muskeg and bogs in subarctic and arctic climates, and is often found near the tree-line. The larva winters twice.
It is found in Arctic Europe, Sajan, Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Yablonoi and Arctic North America.
External links
- CBIF Disa Alpine Canadian site
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