Oeneis magna
| Oeneis magna | |
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| Oeneis magna dubia male figure 6 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. magna |
| Binomial name | |
| Oeneis magna Graeser, 1888 | |
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Oeneis magna is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Graeser in 1888. It is found from the Altai to southern Siberia and the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China and Korea.[1] The habitat consists of sparse woodlands and mountain tundras.
Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on Carex species.[2]
Subspecies
- Oeneis magna magna (southern Siberia, Transbaikalia, southern Yakutia, Amur, Sikhote-Alin, Shantar Island, north-eastern China: Manchuria, north-eastern Mongolia)
- Oeneis magna dubia Elwes, 1899 (Altai, Sayan, western Tuva, western Mongolia)
- Oeneis magna eltgoli Yakovlev, 2006
- Oeneis magna kamtschatica Kurentzov, 1970 (Kamchatka)
- Oeneis magna kurentzovi Murayama, 1973 (eastern Tuva, eastern Sayan, northern Mongolia)
- Oeneis magna magadanica Kurentzov, 1970 (Yakutia, Magadan, Chukot Peninsula)
- Oeneis magna pupavkini Korshunov, 1995 (Polar Ural, north-western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk region)
- Oeneis magna uchangi Im, 1988 (Korea)
References
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