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The caterpillars are about 25 millimeters long. They are gray or light reddish brown and have dark, reddish brown and very fine dots. Dorsally there is a dark longitudinal line, which is widened at the segment boundaries. Toward the rear, this line is more intensely colored. The head is darker and
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to feed on warm winter evenings. Feeding resumes in the spring. The pupa stands generally upright in a flimsy silk cocoon, at the base of a grass tussock. This stage lasts for two weeks.
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The female scatters non-adhesive eggs in a slow low flight over grasslands. The larva is nocturnal. There are four moults. The larva hibernates while in the third
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is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of up to 35 to 42 millimeters. The wing upper and lower sides are solid brown with small, yellowish-rimmed
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They live in grassy, moist or dry forest clearings with bushes but not in open places. There is a strong degree of attachment to woodland edges and
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Günter Ebert, Erwin Rennwald (Hrsg.) Tagfalter. 2. Spezieller Teil: Satyridae, Libytheidae, Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae. In:
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is generally considered to have a closed population structure since it occurs in small, well-defined populations.
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bushes. The insect can also be very common where there are creeping thistles (
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A single brood butterfly, the imagines fly from mid-June to late August.
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occurs. The eggs are pale yellow when first laid, but become pale brown.
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The ringlet is a widely distributed species found throughout much of the
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The caterpillars feed on many grasses. Among the food plants are:
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van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Verovnik, R.; et al. (2010).
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This article is about the butterfly. For the hairstyle, see
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Hyperantus, of Greek mythology, was one of the 50 sons of
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deal primarily with Western Europe and do not represent a
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IUCN 3.1
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Eukaryota
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Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Aphantopus
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1758
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