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Nymphalidae

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Erebia embla Thunberg, 1791

Erebia embla is a brown satyrid butterfly species with three described subspecies found across northern Eurasia.

Erebia montanus von Prunner, 1798

Erebia montanus is a small high mountain butterfly species found across parts of the European Alps.

Erebia niphonica Janson, 1877

Erebia niphonica is an East Palearctic satyrine butterfly endemic to parts of Japan and Russian islands, with larvae feeding on two plant genera.

Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erebia ligea, the Arran brown, is a medium-sized Eurasian brown butterfly native to northern and southeastern Europe.

Erebia alberganus von Prunner, 1798

Erebia alberganus is a small brown butterfly found in European alpine and mountain regions, with distinctive almond-shaped orange wing markings.

Erebia epiphron Knoch, 1783

Erebia epiphron Knoch, 1783 is a species found in mountain areas across multiple European countries.

Erebia epistygne Hübner, 1816

Erebia epistygne is a vulnerable butterfly found in parts of France and Spain, whose larvae feed on fescue grasses.

Erebia meolans von Prunner, 1798

Erebia meolans is a butterfly with varied wing forms found from central Europe east to Armenia.

Erebia pluto von Prunner, 1798

Erebia pluto is an alpine butterfly with three recognized forms and larvae that feed on certain grasses.

Erebia pronoe Esper, 1780

Erebia pronoe is a butterfly species with multiple forms, found across mountainous regions of Europe and Western Asia.

Erebia aethiops Esper, 1777

Erebia aethiops is a Palearctic butterfly species with characteristic wing markings and preferred mountain grassland and forest edge habitat.

Erebia medusa (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775

Erebia medusa is a dark brown butterfly species found across Europe to western Asia with variable wing eyespot patterns.

Erebia triarius von Prunner, 1798

Erebia triarius is a mountain butterfly with varied patterned wings found across multiple European mountain regions.

Erebia rossii Curtis, 1835

Erebia rossii Curtis, 1835 is a butterfly with distinct male and female wing patterns, whose larvae feed on grasses including Carex.

Erebia disa Thunberg, 1791

Erebia disa, the Arctic ringlet, is a Holarctic butterfly with distinct wing markings that flies in July.

Erebia discoidalis Kirby, 1837

Erebia discoidalis, the red-disked alpine, is a nymphalid butterfly found in boreal North America and Asia, with larvae feeding on Eriophorum.

Erebia fasciata Butler, 1868

Erebia fasciata is a ringlet butterfly species found in East Siberia, whose larvae feed on Carex sedges.

Orsotriaena medus Fabricius, 1775

Orsotriaena medus is a medium-sized grassland butterfly native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

Zipaetis saitis (Hewitson, 1863)

Zipaetis saitis is a butterfly species found in Southern India with distinctive white wing bands and five hindwing ocelli.

Mycalesis terminus Fabricius, 1775

Mycalesis terminus, the orange bushbrown, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Australia, New Guinea, and eastern Indonesia.

Mycalesis mineus Linnaeus, 1858

Mycalesis mineus Linnaeus, 1858 has distinct wet-season and dry-season wing forms, differing from M. perseus in ocelli alignment and male scale patch size.

Mycalesis perseus Fabricius, 1775

Mycalesis perseus is a butterfly with seasonal dimorphism, differing between its wet-season and dry-season forms.

Mycalesis patnia Moore, 1857

Mycalesis patnia is a nymphalid butterfly with a 42–54 mm wingspan, showing distinct sexual and subspecific variation.

Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857

Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese bushbrown, is an East Palearctic satyrine butterfly found across parts of East and Southeast Asia.

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