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Vidler's Alpine
Erebia vidleri
49.0985, -120.816
Field Notes
Description:
Orange splotches surround a row of eyespots on a background of dark brown on the upper wings. The forewing underwing has the similar pattern, but the hindwing has neither eyespots nor orange.
Habitat:
Wildflower meadows in the subalpine on Blackwall Peak, Manning Park, BC in the Cascade Mountains. This is endemic to the Cascades and Coast Mountain ranges and only found in the Pacific Northwest.
Notes:
Named after a Russian sea captain who collected one of the first of these that was to become the type specimen. Butterflies of BC by Acorn and Sheldon.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJuly 17, 2014
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