The four-dotted alpine (Erebia youngi) is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the north of North America from Alaska, western Yukon, and east in the Northwest Territories as far as Fort McPherson and Tuktoyuktuk.

Erebia youngi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Erebia
Species:
E. youngi
Binomial name
Erebia youngi
Subspecies

Three, see text

The wingspan is 35–44 mm. Adults are on the wing from mid-June to late July.[2]

Subspecies

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  • Erebia youngi youngi (Yukon, Alaska)
  • Erebia youngi herscheli Leussler, 1935 (Yukon)
  • Erebia youngi rileyi dos Passos, 1947 (Alaska)

Similar species

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References

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  1. ^ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Four-dotted Alpine (Erebia youngi), Butterflies of Canada