Swiss Brassy Ringlet (Erebia tyndarus)
| Family | Nymphalidae |
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| Subfamily | Satyrinae |
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| Genus | Erebia |
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| Species | tyndarus |
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| Authority | (Esper, 1781) |
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| English Name | Swiss Brassy Ringlet |
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| European Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| European Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitats Directive | |
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| Bern Convention | |
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| CITES | |
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Description
The Swiss Brassy Ringlet occurs in woodland clearings on grassy, rocky slopes, and on screes. The
caterpillars feed on different fescues (Festuca spp.) and on Mat-grass (Nardus stricta). The caterpillars
hibernate when they are still small. They develop further the following spring, pupating sometime
between June and August.
Distribution
Austria / France / France: Mainland / Germany / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Liechtenstein / Switzerland /
Larval Foodplants
| # | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Vernacular Name | Link | | 1 | Poales | Poaceae | Anthoxanthum | odoratum | Sweet Vernal-grass | |
| 2 | Poales | Poaceae | Festuca | | Fescues | |
| 3 | Poales | Poaceae | Festuca | rubra | Red Fescue | |
| 4 | Poales | Poaceae | Festuca | varia | | |
| 5 | Poales | Poaceae | Festuca | violacea | | |
| 6 | Poales | Poaceae | Nardus | stricta | Mat-grass | |
