Photo © by Mario Maier. Erebia tyndarus,
August 1988, Meran 2000 / Italy
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Family: Satyridae Subfamily: Satyrinae |
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Description:
Erebia tyndarus can easily be confounded with
two other species: Erebia
cassioides and Erebia nivalis.
The following list of differences may be helpful though not always conclusive:
| Erebia cassioides | Erebia nivalis | Erebia tyndarus | |
| Shape of the wings: | Apex pointed | Apex round | Apex pointed |
| Upperside fore-wings | |||
| Reddish-brown pattern: | small sized | two of the spots extend to the central cell | spots are parallel and are connected |
| Eye-spots: | usually large, coherent, cores always white | small, incoherent, cores always white | usually small, cores not always white, sometimes missing |
| Underside hind-wings | |||
| Color of male: | grey | grey to greyish-blue | grey to dark grey |
| Color of female: | grey to yellowish-grey | brownish grey, veins yellowish-grey | grey to brownish-grey, veins varying |
Source: Tagfalter und ihre Lebensräume by Schweizerischer Bund für Naturschutz.
Flight period:
On brood from July to August.
Larval host plants:
Festuca ovina, Nardus stricta.
Red List Germany: ?
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