Erebia

Translingual

Erebia ligea mating

Etymology

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Proper noun

Erebia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies mostly known as alpines or ringlets.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Satyrinae - subfamily; Satyrini - tribe; Erebiina - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Erebia ligea (Arran brown) - type species; Erebia pandrose, Erebia aethiops (Scotch argus), Erebia epiphron (mountain ringlet), Erebia disa (Arctic ringlet) - selected other species

Derived terms

Erebiola

See also

Erebus

References

Erebia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erebia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Erebia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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