Erebia niphonica is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly endemic to Japan, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.
The larva on feeds on Calamagrostis and Carex species.
Subspecies
- E. n. niphonica (Sakhalin)
- E. n. doii <small>Nakahara, 1926</small> (Kuriles)
- E. n. mikuniana <small>Nakahara, 1942</small> (Japan)
- E. n. mikudai <small>Nakahara</small> (Japan)
- E. n. sakae <small>Torii, 1945</small> (Japan)
- E. n. okadai <small>Torii, 1945</small> (Japan)
- E. n. hayachineana <small>Okano, 1954</small> (Japan)
- E. n. sugitanii <small>Shirôzu, 1957</small> (Japan)
- E. n. shibutsuana <small>Shirôzu, 1957</small> (Japan)
- E. n. gassana <small>Okano & Doi, 1957</small> (Japan: Honshu)
- E. n. yakeishidakeana <small>Okano, 1958</small> (Japan: northern Honshu)
- E. n. shirahatai <small>Okano, 1958</small> (Japan: northern Honshu)
- E. n. asahidakeana <small>Okano, 1958</small> (Japan: northern Honshu)
- E. n. nyukasana <small>Murayama, 1963</small> (Japan)
- E. n. tateyamana <small>Murayama, 1963</small> (Japan)
- E. n. yoshisakana <small>Murayama, 1963</small> (Japan)
- E. n. amarisana <small>Murayama, 1964</small> (Japan)
- E. n. togakusiana <small>Murayama, 1964</small> (Japan)
- E. n. expleta <small>Churkin, 2005</small> (Sakhalin)
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