Ringlet Aphantopus hyperanthus

ab. sexoculatus Caruel 1944

Underside forewings with two ocelli, the hindwings with four, making six on each side of the specimen.

ab. sexoculatus Caruel 1944

Underside forewings with two ocelli, the hindwings with four, making six on each side of the specimen.

ab. cabeaui Pionneau 1929

Underside of the forewings have NO ocelli.

Hindwings with only two small ocelli towards the anal angle.

ab. marpurgensis Strand 1919

The apical spot on the underside of the forewings is doubled, so that below it and united with it there is a second much smaller spot. Also there is a small, extra pale spot in cell 2.

Hindwings with an extra smaller ocellus in cell 4 united with the normal one in cell 5.

ab. centrifera Seitz 1909

The underside shows three or more of the ringlets or ocelli reduced to white spots contained in a faint yellowish ring.

Not to be confused with ab. arête.

ab. centrifera Seitz 1909

The underside shows three or more of the ringlets or ocelli reduced to white spots contained in a faint yellowish ring.

Not to be confused with ab. arête.

ab. centrifera Seitz 1909

The underside shows three or more of the ringlets or ocelli reduced to white spots contained in a faint yellowish ring.

Not to be confused with ab. arête.

ab. chrysophalaros Collier 1967

The ocelli on the upper and underside of normal size and number. The white pupil is normal but the black surrounding it reduced to a very thin ring, or just a few scattered scales. The outer yellowish ring therefore appearing very thick with a small narrow black ring an a white pupil.

ab. chrysophalaros Collier 1967

This particular specimen only shows the aberration on the left underside.

The ocelli on the upper and underside of normal size and number. The white pupil is normal but the black surrounding it reduced to a very thin ring, or just a few scattered scales. The outer yellowish ring therefore appearing very thick with a small narrow black ring an a white pupil.

ab. arête Muller 1764

Underside forewings with two small white points, hindwings with five.

These points are very smaller than those of ab. centrifera and have no ring encircling them.

ab. arête Muller 1764

Underside forewings with two small white points, hindwings with five.

These points are very smaller than those of ab. centrifera and have no ring encircling them.

ab. arête Muller 1764

Underside forewings with two small white points, hindwings with five.

These points are very smaller than those of ab. centrifera and have no ring encircling them.

ab. arête Muller 1764 + ab. lanceolata Shipp 1894

ab. arête: Underside forewings with two small white points, hindwings with five. These points are very smaller than those of ab. centrifera and have no ring encircling them.

ab. lanceolata: The spots on the underside are unusually large and pear shaped, the white pupils are also elongated.

ab. obsoleta Tutt 1896

Underside with NO trace of the usual ocelli.

anti ab. obsoleta Tutt 1896 + ab. arête Muller 1764 

A double aberration.

ab. obsoleta:  On this underside only the forewings show  NO trace of the usual ocelli.

ab. arête: Unlike normal arête this specimen only shows the characteristic five small points on the hindwings.

ab. lanceolata Shipp 1894

The spots on the underside are unusually large and pear shaped, the white pupils are also elongated.

ab. lanceolata Shipp 1894

The spots on the underside are unusually large and pear shaped, the white pupils are also elongated.

ab. lanceolata Shipp 1894

The spots on the underside are unusually large and pear shaped, the white pupils are also elongated.

ab. goodsoni Pilleau 1952

Underside forewings with NO ocelli at all.

The hindwings have four on each wing but completely blind, without any white pupils.

ab. infra-pallida Lempke 1935

The underside is much paler than normal with the upperside being normal.

ab. nigra Pilleau 1952

The ground colour of both upper and undersides a blackish-brown with normal ocelli.

ab. nigra Pilleau 1952 + ab. nov

The ground colour of both upper and undersides a blackish-brown with normal ocelli.

ab. pallens Schultz 1908

The upperside yello-brown, the fringes yellow.
The underside also a pale yellow-brown, is are the feet and abdomen.

ab. hyperopthalma Stauder 1922 + ab. lanceolata Shipp 1894

A double aberration.

ab. hyperopthalma: Upperside forewings with a third ocellus distinctly showing through from the underside and weakly centred. The hindwings also show nicely centred ocelli, usually three.

ab. lanceolata: The spots on the underside are unusually large and pear shaped, the white pupils are also elongated.

ab. semi-albescens Tutt 1908

Forewing undersides only dark at their bases, becoming paler towards the margins, where they are almost white.

Almost a pathological form of which there are many.

ab. minor Fuchs 1891

Small and narrower than normal. No sizes given.