Erebia ottomana is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Greece, Bulgaria, Balkans, Alps, Asia Minor) that belongs to the browns family.
| Erebia ottomana | |
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| Erebia ottomana in Seitz 37 i | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. ottomana
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| Binomial name | |
| Erebia ottomana Herrich-Schäffer , 1847 [1]
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Description from Seitz edit
Erebia ottomana H.-Schaff. (37 i) is the largest of all the tyndarus forms. Besides the two subapical ocelli the band of the forewing has further back 2 additional small ocelli which are either feebly centred with white or are quite blind. Hindwing beneath uniformly grey. From the Balcan Peninsula, Greece and Armenia, being lately often sold as balcanica .[2]
Taxonomy edit
Erebia ottomana is a member of the brassy ringlet species complex.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Herrich-Schäffer, [1847] Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge
- ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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