Erebia epiphron (Knoch, 1783)
(Mountain Ringlet, Small Mountain Ringlet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Erebia epiphron (Mountain Ringlet, Small Mountain Ringlet)
Genus	Erebia (a genus of brown butterflies)
Tribe	Erebiini (a tribe of brown butterflies)
Subfamily	SATYRINAE (brown butterflies)
Family	NYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
Superfamily	PAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Erebia epiphron is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hopkins, J.	2007	British Wildlife and Climate Change: 1. Evidence of Change	British Wildlife Vol 18 (3): 153-159.

Erebia epiphron (Mountain Ringlet, Small Mountain Ringlet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erebia epiphron (Mountain Ringlet, Small Mountain Ringlet)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Erebia epiphron (Mountain Ringlet, Small Mountain Ringlet)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Erebia epiphron is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)