Erebia niphonica

Erebia niphonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species: E. niphonica
Binomial name
Erebia niphonica
Janson, 1877[1]
Synonyms
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. assamana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yatsugadakeana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. komagadakeana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. shiroumana Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia sedakovii niphonica ab. yazawai Matsumura, 1928
  • Erebia shinaensis Kanda & Fujimori, 1931
  • Erebia scoparia Butler, [1882]

Erebia niphonica is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly endemic to Japan, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands. The larva on feeds on Calamagrostis and Carex species.

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