Family | Nymphalidae |
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Subfamily | Satyrinae |
Genus | Erebia |
Species | meolans |
Authority | (Prunner, 1798) |
English Name | Piedmont Ringlet |
European Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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EU 27 Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
European Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
EU 27 Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
Habitats Directive | |
Bern Convention | |
CITES |
The Piedmont Ringlet occurs on a variety of grassy places in and near woods. The female lays her eggs on many different grasses, including fescues (Festuca spp.), Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa), Mat-grass (Nardus stricta), and several sorts of bent (Agrostis spp.). At very high altitudes, when the caterpillars are half-grown, they hibernate in the litter layer. They may hibernate twice before pupating deep down in the vegetation.
Andorra / Austria / France / France: Mainland / Germany / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Liechtenstein / Spain / Spain: Mainland / Switzerland /