Common Alpine

Erebia epipsodea

The Common Alpine is a beautiful butterfly that loves to flutter around in the mountains. With its dark wings and orange spots, it looks like a tiny piece of art flying through the air!

Hábitat: Mountain regions

Aspecto

The Common Alpine is a medium-sized butterfly, typically dark brown with an orange-brown submarginal band on its wings. It often has prominent black eyespots, sometimes with white pupils, on its forewings. Its drab colors help it blend into rocky, high-altitude environments.

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Common Alpine

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Adult Common Alpines only live for about two weeks, making every moment precious!

Its caterpillar stage spends winter frozen in the snow before becoming a butterfly!

Some people call them 'browns' because of their earthy, camouflaged wing colors.

You can often find them above the tree line, where few other butterflies dare to fly!

Habilidades especiales

Common Alpine can fly in cooler mountain temperatures that help them stay active when other butterflies hide.

Common Alpine has dark wings and patterns that help them blend perfectly into the rocky alpine landscape, avoiding predators.

Common Alpine can perform a low, bouncy flight pattern that helps them navigate windy mountain slopes more easily.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 40-50 mm
Tamaño: 15-20 mm
Esperanza de vida: 7-14 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 10 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

Adults sip sweet nectar from flowers, while caterpillars munch on grassy plants.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae primarily consume grasses and other low-growing plants, while adults feed exclusively on flower nectar.

Alimentos principales

nectar
wildflowers
grasses (larvae)
forbs

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

depends on

Kentucky Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

Caterpillars feed on its leaves for growth.

pollinates

Aspen Fleabane

Erigeron speciosus

Adult butterflies sip nectar from its blossoms.

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Birds sometimes prey on unwary butterflies.

Rasgos

Manchado

Marcado con manchas o parches de un color diferente.

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Camuflado

El camuflaje describe a los organismos que poseen colores o patrones que les permiten mezclarse con su entorno.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Herbívoro

Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Montaña

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica a las especies que se encuentran en regiones montañosas, caracterizadas por su gran altitud, pendientes pronunciadas y zonas climáticas variables.