Oeneis bore
| White-veined Arctic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. bore |
| Binomial name | |
| Oeneis bore (Schneider, 1792)[1] | |
| Subspecies | |
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The White-veined Arctic or Arctic Grayling[1] (Oeneis bore) is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.
Description
The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm.[2] The dorsal view is a dull greyish brown while the females are often tawny. Males have a dark grey node in the centre of the forewing.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- O. b. arasaguna Austaut, 1911 – E.Sayan, Transbaikalia?
- O. b. bore – Arctic Europe, Arctic Siberia
- O. b. edwardsi dos Passos, 1949 – S.Alberta, S.British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
- O. b. fordi dos Passos, 1949 – SW.Alaska
- O. b. gaspeensis dos Passos, 1949 – S.Quebec
- O. b. hanburyi Watkins, 1928 – Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, N.Manitoba
- O. b. mckinleyensis dos Passos, 1949 – Alaska
- O. b. pansa Christoph, 1893 – Yakutia, Magadan
- ?O. b. patrushevae Korshunov, 1985 - Siberian Tundra
- O. b. taygete Geyer, [1830] – Labrador, N.Quebec White-veined Arctic
Similar species
- Melissa Arctic (O. mellisa)
- Polixenes Arctic (O. polixenes)[2]
Range and habitat
Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspe Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states.[2]
Larval foods
Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses (Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara)[2]
Adult foods
References
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