#3050 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Woodland Ringlet

🇳🇱 Voorjaarserebia ·Erebia medusa

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Roger Rittmaster · CC BY 4.0
3. © Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Rodopi Municipality, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
5. Gemeinde Berane, Montenegro:© elbebiber · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Osmangazi̇/Bursa, Türkiye:© ufuk karaca · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Kellerwald-Edersee, DE-HE-WF, DE-HE, DE:© Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Trstěnice, Česko:© chejnovi · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sliven municipality, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
10. 85462 Eitting, Deutschland:© paul_sterler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Erebia medusa , the woodland ringlet , is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,701iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,701 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Michael Denis in 1775 (251 years ago).