Erebia mackinleyensis

Erebia mackinleyensis, the Mt. McKinley alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae. It is found from eastern Siberia through Alaska and Yukon, just reaching into the Northwest Territories in the Richardson Mountains and into British Columbia at Stone Mountain Provincial Park.

Mt. McKinley alpine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Erebia
Species:
E. mackinleyensis
Binomial name
Erebia mackinleyensis
Gunder, 1932[1]
Synonyms
  • Erebia magdalena mackinleyensis

The wingspan is 41–53 mm. Adults are on wing in late June and July.[2] Its habitats include alpine scree and boulder fields.[3]

Similar species

References
  1. "Erebia magdalena Strecker, 1880" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Mt. McKinley Alpine (Erebia mackinleyensis), Butterflies of Canada
  3. "Erebia mackinleyensis". explorer.natureserve.org.


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