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Lapland Ringlet

Erebia embla

Classification

Class
Insecta

The Lapland ringlet (Erebia embla) is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is restricted to sunny patches in very damp spruce and pine forests and forested unmanaged peatlands (and sometimes moors). The larva feeds on various grasses and related plants (such as Carex) and winters twice.

Distribution

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