Erebia pawloskii, commonly known as the yellow-dotted alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America in northern British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. It is also found in the Sayan Mountains, and from northern Mongolia to Yakutia and Kamchatka. The habitat consists of grassy areas in and above wet tundra, as well as bogs.[2]
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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. pawloskii
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The wingspan is 29–38 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to mid-August.[4]
The larvae feed on Carex species.[2]
"Erebia pawloskii" is now the accepted spelling for the yellow-dotted alpine, rather than "Erebia pawlowskii".[5][6][7][8]
Subspecies
edit- E. p. pawloskii
- E. p. demmia B. Warren, 1936 (Colorado)
- E. p. ethela W. H. Edwards, 1891 (Wyoming)
- E. p. canadensis B. Warren, 1931 (Manitoba)
- E. p. alaskensis W. Holland, 1900 - Theano alpine (Alaska, Yukon, northern British Columbia)
References
edit- ^ "Erebia Dalman, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b "Erebia pawloskii". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ Erebia pawlowskii. funet.fi
- ^ Yellow-dotted Alpine (Erebia pawlowskii), Butterflies of Canada
- ^ Pohl, Greg R.; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). "Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico".
- ^ "GBIF, Erebia pawloskii Ménétriés, 1859". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "ITIS, Erebia pawloskii Ménétriés, 1859". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "Erebia pawloskii Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
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