Erebia hispania

Spanish brassy ringlet
E. hispania male (upper and underside) and female (underside) - Sentein, Ariege, France
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Erebia
Species:	E. hispania
Binomial name
Erebia hispania Butler, 1868

Erebia hispania, the Spanish brassy ringlet, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, endemic to the Sierra Nevada of southern Spain. The taxon rondoui (from the Pyrenees), previously considered as a subspecies of Erebia hispania, is considered now as a different species (Erebia rondoui) according to the results obtained in molecular studies.

The wingspan is 34–42 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Festuca species.

E. hispania is a member of the brassy ringlet species complex.

• Gil-T, F. (2018): About the distribution -updated and corrected- of Erebia hispania Butler, 1868, endemic in the Sierra Nevada (South Spain) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). ISSN 0171-0079|Atalanta 49 (1/4): 111-114. (PDF)