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False Mnestra Ringlet
Erebia aethiopella
The false Mnestra ringlet (Erebia aethiopellus) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in France and Italy (Alps).
The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The ground colour is dark brown butterfly. There is an orange postdiscal band adorned with two ocelli with white pupils on the forewing. These are more or less marked according to the individuals. Adults are on wing from July to August.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 518145.