Species: Erebia epipsodea
Common Alpine
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Erebia
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
alpin commun
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Erebia
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly, Nymphalidae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-16
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - North central Alaska east to Manitoba and south in the Rocky Mountains to eastern Oregon, Utah and northern New Mexico. Strictly North American, unlike many other species in its genus.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)