Erebia fasciata

Three, see text Erebia fasciata, the banded alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae.

It is found from central Siberia, through Alaska, Yukon, and mainland Northwest Territories and Nunavut to Hudson Bay.

E. fasciata Btl: Size and shape as in glacialis, ground-colour sombre black-brown with a russet- brown incomplete distal band which is traversed by the veins and has no ocelli.

On the hindwing there is a grey-brownish submarginal band extending from the costal to the hindmargin and being of nearly even width The russet-brown band is lighter and more prominent on the underside of the forewing, the costal margin and part of the outer margin being thinly dusted with grey.

The female is lighter throughout, the forewing having a brownish tint and a somewhat longer and broader submarginal band on the hindwing the basal area and the submarginal band whitish grey, the central area and distal margin grey-brown.