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Erebia ligea

Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Erebiaheimisch in Deutschland

heimisch in Deutschland

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

Erebia ligea is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family recorded in Great Britain. Adults fly in July and August.

Ecological network

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Plant-based food

Annual cycle

The life cycle is flexible, with the species overwintering in the egg or larval stage. Adult butterflies emerge and are on the wing in July and August.

Merkmale

Körper

Wingspan

4.1 cm

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

oligophag (eine Gattung)

Generationen/Jahr

flexible

Overwintering

egg/larva

Scientific profile

Erebia ligea is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in Great Britain, where it is recorded as present by the United Kingdom Species Inventory. The species exhibits a flexible voltinism and passes the winter as an egg or larva. Adults are active during July and August.

Host plants

2 plants serve as food for the larvae

Milium effusum Deschampsia cespitosa

Visited plants

9 plants are visited by this species

Calamagrostis purpurea Digitaria sanguinalisCarduus defloratusLeontodon hispidus Sambucus ebulus Eupatorium cannabinumKnautia dipsacifoliaCrepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaGymnadenia conopsea

Sources & Data Origin

•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)