Almond ringlet
The almond ringlet is a dark brown butterfly from the mountains of Europe. Across its wings runs a row of orange spots shaped like almonds, each with a small black dot inside. It flutters over flowery mountain meadows in summer.
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Fun facts
It lives between 1,000 and 2,200 metres above the sea.
The top and bottom of its wings look the same.
Its caterpillar sleeps through winter when it is only half grown, and turns into a chrysalis the next spring.
The females are a bit bigger and lighter brown than the males.
Most asked questions about Almond ringlet
?Why is it called the almond ringlet?
Because the orange spots on its wings are shaped like almonds.
?When can you see the almond ringlet?
From the middle of June to August, in mountain meadows.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Erebia albergana
- Named by
- Prunner, 1798
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Europe
- Also known as
- Almond-eyed ringlet
Where the facts come from
- Erebia alberganus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by unknown author. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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