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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Erebia |
| Species: | E. youngi
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| Erebia youngi | |
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The wingspan is 35–44 mm. Adults are on the wing from mid-June to late July.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Erebia youngi youngi (Yukon, Alaska)
- Erebia youngi herscheli Leussler, 1935 (Yukon)
- Erebia youngi rileyi dos Passos, 1947 (Alaska)
Similar species
edit- Reddish alpine (E. lafontainei)
- Scree alpine (E. anyuica)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Erebia youngi.
- ^ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Four-dotted Alpine (Erebia youngi), Butterflies of Canada