(Prunner, 1798)
De Prunner's Ringlet
Description:
In the Alps, de Prunner's Ringlet is found on very dry grasslands with scattered rocks, whereas more to the south it occurs in clearings in woods growing on rocky ground, in Spain in clearings in pine forests on limestone.
Its food plants are Sheep's-fescue (Festuca ovina), Smooth Meadow-grass (Poa pratensis), Alpine Meadow-grass (P. alpina), and Feather-grass (Stipa pinnata).
It hibernates as a caterpillar and has one brood a year.
Habitat:
Alpine grasslands
Mesophile grasslands
Coniferous woodland
Deciduous forests
Similar species:
Erebia meolans