Common Brassy Ringlet

Erebia cassioides

Mating pair, July 2005

Val d'Aran, July 2000

Switzerland

Brassy ringlets are characterised by a shiny silver underside hindwing which is quite visible in flight, as well as a brassy sheen to the forewing, visible in the first of these pictures. They occur at altitude in high mountain ranges. Common Brassy Ringlet, like most, has two single-pupiled ocelli towards the apex of the forewing. Compare this with the Spanish Brassy Ringlet, which has a single twin-pupilled ocellus set in more conspicuous and larger orange bands.